[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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No matter where you are, no matter how small or pathetic you may feel, freeing your wayfinder’s Imagination by embarking on an adventure turns you into some kind of crazy-strong electromagnet. Take out all the stops, drop into Wordless Oneness, lau...
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The stories had come like genii
The stories had come like genii, living, wreathing from holes in the wall behind smoky hearths. Ben Kiely Stories are the stuff of genii. Part magic. Part imagination. Part memory. Sensory as much as substance. Wish as much as fact. Woven and livi...
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Project Love: 11 Days of Questions from Beyond
I absolutely love Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe. The interviews. The community. The writing advice. I jumped at the opportunity when I saw the invitation to participate in Project Love — an 11-day experience in which the Beyond community responds...
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Aspiration
We climb the slopes of life with throbbing heart,/ And eager pulse, like children toward a star. Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Aspiration I love the climb. I love setting goals. My heart throbs. It is part of my wiring. I have always been that way. That...
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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.
