John G. Peters, a University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, is past President of the Joseph Conrad Society of America and current General Editor of Conradiana. His books include Joseph Conrad’s Critical Reception (Cambridge 2013), The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad (2006), Conrad and Impressionism (Cambridge 2001), A Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad (2010), volume 2 of Joseph Conrad: Contemporary Reviews (Cambridge 2012), and the Norton critical edition of Conrad’s The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (2015). His articles have appeared in such journals as Philosophy and Literature, College Literature, Studies in the Novel, Studies in Short Fiction, and English Language Notes. He has also translated the Japanese poet Takamura Kōtarō’s book The Chieko Poems (Green Integer 2007).