First published in French as La vraie duretae du mental by Presses de l'Universitae Laval, Quaebec, Canada, 2009.-- Title page verso.
Edited by Normand Baillargeon and Christian Boissinot with contributions from Marie-Célie Agnant, Jean Grondin, Mario Jodoin, Charles Le Blanc, Rita Metsokosho, Jean Morisset, Jon Paquin, Tony Patoine, Julie Perrone, Chantal Santerre, Jean-Claude Simard, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Fannie Valois-Nadeau, and Daniel Weinstock with a foreword by Jean Dion.