[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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MONDAYS ARE FREE 096 — 100
Literature Magazine. Plots. Rhythm. Quitting. Poetry. EXERCISE 096: CREATE ANOTHER LIT MAG call for submissions How often do you daydream with friends about starting a literary magazine? Name it, delegate roles for your ideal masthead, and ...
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Weekly Wide-Awake #28
Elements. Songs. Surrender. Dear Friends, Writing Weekly Wide-Awake is thinking out loud. As an exercise in examination, reflection, and (hopefully) growth, writing it is my attempt to join with others and model curiosity, generosity, ...
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The Door in the Ordinary
The Hidden Door to Tirta Empul The Impossible Opening There is a historical brick factory across the street from my house. In front of the factory (now a renovated art gallery/house) there is a worn, uneven path made from bricks crafted of Geor...
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The Song That Wasn’t Just a Song
The Remembered Sound I grew up on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. The River is a mile wide there. There are River sounds. Waterfalls flowing over fossil beds. Riverboat calliopes bouncing tunes like clouds and ice cream trucks. Frogs singi...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
