[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!
Melanie Faith
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.
The Society of Professional Journalists
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.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Joy. Song. Equanimity. Walking. Memory. “Joy is an act of defiance,’ said the Khan. ‘With joy, we win, even if we lose. To have lived well is a victory all its own, for we all die. Death is unimportant to the laughing warrior. A poet makes...
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Taking A Walk #18
Taking a walk with Naomi Shihab Nye I am an avid On Being listener. Have been for years. I listened to Naomi Shihab Nye, “Before You Know Kindness As the Deepest Thing Inside...” (Link to OnBeing conversation.) From that moment on, I have...
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Poetry
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesFor a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile t...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 016 — 020
The Book of Luck, a prayer, and a list EXERCISE 016: OUTLINE A NEW BOOK there’s a reason The Book of Luck (totally made this up) consists of 88 chapters. Compose a Table of Contents so that each chapter has a unique heading. We’ll ...
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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.
