[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 056 — 060
Blueberry Pancakes. Blooms. Rivers. Animals. Hands. EXERCISE 056: TUNE IN just for the sound Throughout the day, pay close attention to what you say and to the conversations you hear. (It can help to go to the post office or DMV!) Write ...
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Weekly Wide-Awake #9
“Artists and scientists are activists. They look at the world as changeable and they look upon themselves as instruments for change. They understand that the slice of world they occupy is only a fragment but that the fragment is intrinsically conne...
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Porch Swing, Summer in a Glass
Porch swing, summer in a glass./ Drinks get named for thirsts we discuss.// Discussions skirt deeper thirsts./Such thirsts burn, turn sand to mirages./ A mirage is a drink the mind mixes./In a glass marked no it pours out yes.// Yes, the sign says, t...
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Watering the Stones
Every summer I gather a few stones fromthe beach and keep them in a glass bowl.Now and again I cover them with water,and they drink. There’s no question aboutthis; I put tinfoil over the bowl, tightly,yet the water disappears. This doesn’tmean we...
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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.
