Marcel Benabou lives in Paris and pursues his positions as professor of ancient history at the University of Paris and as the permanent provisional secretary of Oulipo. He is the author of "Dump This Book While You Still Can!" and "Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books," both published by the University of Nebraska Press. Steven Rendall, a professor emeritus of Romance languages at the University of Oregon, is the author of "Distinguo: Reading Montaigne Differently" and has translated numerous books.