Julia Sushytska (PhD in Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook) is an Assistant Professor in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at Occidental College and teaches philosophy courses at Whittier College. In 20152016 she was Visiting Professor at the Centre de Recherches en Philosophie Allemande et Contemporaine at the University of Strasbourg. Her research focuses on metics: those who find or place themselves in-between major cultures, languages, or ethnicities.

Alisa Slaughter is a California-based writer and translator. She co-translated A Spy for an Unknown Country, lectures and essays by Merab Mamardashvili (2021, ibidemVerlag). She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and an MA in comparative literature from the University of Arizona. She teaches at the University of Redlands.

ariel rosé is a Polish Norwegian poet, essayist, illustrator, translator. They are the author and illustrator of the books morze nocą jest mięśniem serca (the sea by night is a muscle of the heart, PIW 2022) and Północ. Przypowieści (North: Parables, Znak 2019). They are the fellow of INDEX / Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Ukraine.