About this episode

In this episode, Mary Giudice discusses T.S. Eliot's poem 'Little Gidding' with guest Colleen Jeffrey, exploring themes of exploration and understanding.

I offer you “Little Gidding” by T.S. Eliot. This is far side of the deep end, dear listeners! Come on in. The best part of creating this series was sitting down with others whose lives have been amended by going into that deep. Joining me at the mic for this last quartet is the generous, intuitive reader and friend Colleen Jeffrey. The end is where we start from... We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.

People in this episode

Host: Mary Giudice

Guest: Colleen Jeffrey

Topics covered

• poetry
• T.S. Eliot
• literary analysis
• friendship
• exploration

Keywords

• Little Gidding
• T.S. Eliot
• poetry
• exploration
• literary discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Little Gidding

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