THE GREEN ROOM

Even though he is a continent away, he still roots for America's team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Since he has been a loyal contributor to this journal for more than two decades, Louis B. RUBIN, JR. is hardly a stranger to VQR readers, but his latest contribution is somewhat of a departure from his usual analysis of books and authors. [...]his interest in French history and in the wicked Marquise de Sevigne, a celebrated criminal of the 17th century. BRIAN DILLON has been a copywriter and creative director for New York advertising agencies, most recently Young Sr Rubicam, for 14 years. "Because of realizing finally that people matter more to me than products" he writes.