Brenda Murphy is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut and the author of numerous books on twentieth-century American literature and drama, including The Provincetown Players and the Culture of Modernity and The Theatre of Tennessee Williams.

George Monteiro is professor emeritus of English and an adjunct professor emeritus of Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University. His books include Stephen Crane's Blue Badge of Courage and Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil and After: A Poetic Career Transformed.