T. H. M. Gellar-Goad is Associate Professor of Classics at Wake Forest University. He specializes in Latin poetry, especially the funny stuff: Roman comedy, Roman erotic elegy, Roman satire, and-if you believe him-the allegedly philosophical poet Lucretius. He is author of Laughing Atoms, Laughing Matter: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura and Satire (Michigan 2020), Plautus: Curculio (Bloomsbury 2021), and Masks (Tangent 2023).

Christopher B. Polt is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Boston College. His research centers on Latin poetry of the late Republic and early Empire, and he is the author of numerous articles on Roman comedy, ancient epic, and fable. He is the author of Catullus and Roman Comedy: Theatricality and Personal Drama in the Late Republic (Cambridge 2021).