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Series

Caption: Claudia Quigg
112 Pieces

In less than four short minutes, Claudia Quigg gives parents a healthy dose of encouragement, as she thoughtfully examines the issues facing today’s families.

Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
24 Pieces

Quiddity is a highly produced literary radio program with a companion international (print) literary journal. Quiddity is produced and published by Illinois Public Radio’s hub-station, NPR member and PRI affiliate WUIS, and Benedictine University. The journal publishes exemplary prose and poetry from emerging and established writers around the world. The radio program features interviews with select authors, best-selling and burgeoning. It also includes readings of new, original works by poets and writers.


Latest Pieces

Caption: Claudia Quigg
The middle-age woman spoke tentatively as she reached for words to express her meaning. She was raised in the south, the great-grandchild of slave...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
I love words. A well-turned phrase gives me goose bumps. Words play a significant role in my life. But sometimes in the life of a family, words ...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby: the temperature i...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:20
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Your day is too full already with too many places to be. As you race from one point to the next, you glance down at your fuel gauge and discover y...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:10
Caption: Claudia Quigg
After the holiday hustle and bustle, an empty datebook can seem anticlimactic. But in my estimation, those empty calendar pages feel like a benedic...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Most parents will tell you that what they really want for their children, bottom line, is a life of happiness. And I have one surefire, works-ever...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Claudia Quigg
"We've done it all wrong!" moaned the mother. "We've mishandled bedtime, and now we've taught our son the wrong way to go to sleep. Will he ever le...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Each morning my little dog and I venture out in our neighborhood for a brisk walk. She employs her excellent nose to read messages from other dogs...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
Caption: Claudia Quigg
A recent family gathering came on the heels of a large appliance purchase. During an evening of conversation and play, The Box which had contained ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Six-month-old granddaughter Emmy has alot to say, but most people around her would never know it.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:19