Elaine Tyler May has written several books on twentieth-century American history. Both are regents professors at the University of Minnesota.
A regular contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, Andre Aciman was born in Alexandria: raised in Egypt, Italy, and France; and educated at Harvard. He teaches literature at Bard College and lives in Manhattan.
June Crossis a journalist and an award-winning television producer whose numerous projects include This Far by Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys. She is currently an associate professor of journalism at Columbia University.