Mark Cohen’s photography is in many major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the George Eastman House; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He has published four previous books—Frame, Grim Street, True Color, and Dark Knees—and his work has been included in over eighty individual and group exhibitions.

Jorge Volpi is a well-known Mexican novelist, essayist, and professor whose books include the award-winning En busca de Klingsor. He currently directs the Festival Internacional Cervantino, Latin America’s most important cultural fair.