Georges Nivat is a French historian, expert in Eastern Europe, and translator from Russian.

Georges Nivat

Olivier Mongin is a French writer and the editor of the monthly Esprit.

Olivier Mongin

Patsy Baudoin is a writer, editor and translator living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Olivier Mongin is a French writer and the editor of the monthly Esprit.