Born in 1900, Marcelle Sauvageot was connected to the Surrealists by friendship, love, and artistic practice, but has been excluded from the dominant narrative about that movement until a reissue of her single book, Commentaire (initially retitled Laissez-Moi), was published in Paris in 2002, prompting a revival of interest in her work and inspiring a successful one-woman show in Paris. She died in 1934 of tuberculosis.

A freelance editor and writer based in Brooklyn, Christine Schwartz Hartley has translated Venus of Khalakanti, by Angèle Kingué (forthcoming from Griot Project Book Series/Bucknell University Press); Kate Moss: The Making of An Icon by Christian Salmon (HaperCollins);  Mamika: My Mighty Little Grandmother by Sacha Goldberger (HaperCollins); and African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou (Soft Skull Press). A former deputy editor of Art + Auction and contributor to The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Interior Design, and Elle Decor, she is responsible for the 2010 reissue of Spécialités de la Maison, a compendium of recipes by early 20th-century literary, political, show-business icons, and socialites. French-born, she holds a diploma from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, a master’s in journalism from New York University and a licence ès-lettres (English) from the Université Paris IV-Sorbonne.

Anna Moschovakis is the translator of The Jokers by Albert Cossery (New York Review Books Classics), which was shortlisted for both the Best Translated Book Award and the French-American Foundation / Florence Gould Award in 2011. She has also translated The Engagement by Georges Simenon and The Possession by Annie Ernaux. Her translation of Nazis dans le Métro by Didier Daeninckx is forthcoming from Melville House.

Poet Jennifer Moxley’s collections include: Clampdown, The Line, Often Capital, The Sense Record, and Imagination Verses. In addition to her books of poetry, she has published a memoir, a volume of essays, and three books of translation from the French. More info on Moxley here.

Michael Valinsky is a writer from Paris and New York. He received his B.A. in Poetics and Praxis at New York University. His work has been published in i-D Magazine, Hyperallergic, Los Angeles Review of Books, OUT Magazine, BOMB Magazine, NewNowNext.com, Lambda Literary, Kirkus Reviews, Artsy, Surface Magazine, eBay and The WILD Magazine. He is the author of .TXT, Zurich: 89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014. Michael is the former Editorial Assistant at Kirkus Reviews. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.