Both Sides Face East. Volume 1 Durable Words

Julia Sushytska (PhD., Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook) is Resident Assistant Professor in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at Occidental College. She teaches courses in European and Eastern European philosophy and literature. Her research focuses on metics--those who position themselves in-between major cultures and languages.

Alisa Slaughter is a California-based writer and translator. She co-translated A Spy for an Unknown Country, lectures and essays by Merab Mamardashvili (2021, ibidemVerlag). She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and an MA in comparative literature from the University of Arizona. She teaches at the University of Redlands.

ariel rosé is a Polish Norwegian poet, essayist, illustrator, translator. They are the author and illustrator of the books morze nocą jest mięśniem serca (the sea by night is a muscle of the heart, PIW 2022) and Pólnoc. Przypowieści (North: Parables, Znak 2019). They are the fellow of INDEX / Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Ukraine.