Marjorie Zittau brings her background as a writer of verse and essays, as a translator of Greek poetry and drama, as the author of historical origins, and finally as a devoted widow to a departed husband. These are the influences and background behind End Songs, a collection of verse that reminds us that the highest intelligence is love. She describes the divine in not only her deceased husband, but also in the relationship they shared. She is thankful for the gift bestowed. They feasted as gods, she writes, and sufficed. In "Home" she offers: You have gone, yet your love remains,Crowning me in its haloMarjorie Zittau lives in La Jolla, California.