Frédéric Forte has published 17 collections in the past ten years, each focused on a specific concept, often structural, and at times thematic. He became a member of the well-known Oulipo (Workshop of Potential Literature) in 2005, and teaches and does residencies throughout France. He lives in Paris, where (among other things) he runs the blog poète-public.
Matthew Smith lives in Oakland. He has translated three works by the Belgian writer Jean-Philippe Toussaint and is completing a dissertation on contemporary French and American poetry at UC Berkeley.
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the author of nine novels, and the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Decembre for "The Truth about Marie". His writing has been compared to the works of Samuel Beckett, Jacques Tati, the films of Jim Jarmusch, and even Charlie Chaplin.