Marlena Figge
Author
Marlena Figge received her M.A. in Italian Literature from Middlebury College in 2021 and graduated from the University of Dallas in 2020 with a B.A. in Italian and English. She currently has a teaching fellowship and teaches English at a high school in Italy.
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Italo Calvino’s Story: ‘Santa’s Children’
Protagonist Marcovaldo tries to figure out the conundrum of Christmas consumerism in this Italian short story.
Michelangelo’s Poems: Painting a Picture of Immortality
The renowned artist of the Renaissance was also a poet of some repute as seen in these verses of physical beauty.
Poems of Gratitude: Verses to Prepare Us for Thanksgiving
G.K. Chesterton, Dom Julian Stead, and C.S. Lewis offer us the true meaning of this holiday.
Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’: A Quiet Heroism
The protagonist of Austen’s novel presents the steadfastness and strength of character that make a real heroine.
Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’: Braving the Dark
Hardy’s poem marks the beginning of a new century while reflecting on a poem from the previous one.
Autumn Poetry: Reflections on the Passage of Time
Famous poets ponder the fall season with their beautiful verse.
Walter Savage Landor: Reanimating the Past
A friend and influencer of the great writers of his age, this poet is largely forgotten today.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’
The grace of penance is not easy to accept but necessary to love everyone and everything in the world.
‘A Severe Mercy’: Love After Loss
Sheldon Vanauken remembers his wife in this moving memoir.
Dylan Thomas’s Valedictory Villanelle
This well-loved poem, of sad insights and good nights, has no title except its famous first line.
