Goose-Quill Papers
Louise Imogen Guiney
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Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a touch of satire on sometimes common topics such as the apple, the moon, mathematics and the garret, even the provocative "On Teaching One's Grandmother how to Suck Eggs." - Summary by Larry Wilson (3 hr 27 min)
Chapters
On the Good Repute of the Apple | 9:42 | Read by Linda Cantoni |
A Hand | 15:18 | Read by andybeddy |
An Open Letter to the Moon | 13:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Brentford Pulpit | 20:22 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Notes Made by Troilus Gently | 21:08 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
On Teaching One's Grandmother How to Suck Eggs | 11:24 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Old Haunts | 8:13 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
Free Thoughts on Books | 9:00 | Read by Julian Pratley |
A November Festival | 8:28 | Read by Nemo |
Vagabondiana | 12:30 | Read by Nemo |
Mathematics | 5:42 | Read by Phil Schempf |
A Child in Camp | 16:11 | Read by Linda Cantoni |
On Graveyards | 11:02 | Read by Lisanne Lavoie |
Some Garden-Folk | 4:10 | Read by Michelle Dyer |
Hospitalities | 7:29 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
The Two Voices | 9:11 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
Sweetheart | 4:25 | Read by Juliana |
On the Beauty of Idleness | 6:26 | Read by Michelle Dyer |
De Mosquitone | 6:57 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
On the Garret | 7:04 | Read by Adrian Stephens |