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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
Each day millions of people leave for work or school or even longer journeys with no one to say goodbye or miss them in their absence. Tragically,...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Unwilling to allow his son to continue in this self-centered orientation, he chose to have a much-needed talk with this otherwise-terrific young man.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: Claudia Quigg
When that peace-shattering event occurs, all our smugness evaporates. At first we recoil in denial. And then reality sets in when we’re faced with...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Claudia Quigg
And so it goes with siblings, those creatures who most closely share our DNA and our childhood experiences. Sometimes we despise them, and often w...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
I’m not the first to notice or comment on the relentless schedules that have families living in their cars with one eye on the clock and the other ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Claudia Quigg
This week has brought outrageous giggles, a writing lesson, some highly-sought-after information, and some new social insights, all the gifts of bo...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Claudia Quigg
There’s a new bird’s nest in the oak tree in your backyard, but you might look right past it. You’ve observed droves of such nests before and you m...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Claudia Quigg
They’re calling it “Social Surrogacy,” this new practice of affluent parents delegating the tasks of pregnancy and childbirth to another person. S...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Claudia Quigg
In the everyday lives of families, water becomes a significant part of the routine this time of year. Sweaty bodies need more baths. Kids out of ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Closer than classmates, more sensational than siblings, cousins are a boon to growing up.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:24