[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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Paying Attention
Just a girl, her cat, and a good book.
Just a girl, her cat, and a good book. Jessica Locklar Art can tell a simple story. Art can simply be beautiful. Art can be soft edges. Art can be about fabric and swirls and yellow and dreams. As a woman who loves cats and books, aspires to c...
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Reynoldstown Alcove Memory Park
"You may be standing, sitting, strolling or rolling by the alcove on Wylie Street, between Selman and Kenyon Streets, in the space known as Reynoldstown Alcove Memory Park, or RAMP for short, updated in 2020. It features an 1896 railroad map of the r...
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Fall Into the Beltline
I walk on the Beltline 4 or 5 times a week. I have learned a lot about paying attention from the Beltline. Paying attention to the seasons. Paying attention to the people. Paying attention to the city and the forest. Paying attention to the sights, s...
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Here Is The Beltline IV
"Art is the highest source of hope." Gerhard Richter My Atlanta BeltLine Writing Project has come to an end. Having written last week about what I know for sure after writing about art on the Beltline for 4 weeks, I want to share my gratitude for ...
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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.
