Eula Biss (born 1977) is an American

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writer who is the author of four books. Biss has won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, the

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, and the

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Life and career

After earning a bachelor's degree in non-fiction writing from

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mo ...

, Biss moved to New York City, San Diego, and then

Iowa City Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

, where she went on to complete her MFA in the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 co ...

's Nonfiction Writing Program. Biss taught writing at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

for fifteen years, from 2006-2021. She is the author of four books and the founder of Essay Press."About Eula Biss"
''eulabiss.net'' Her second book, ''Notes from No Man's Land'', won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, and in March 2010, the

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s 10 Best Books of 2014 and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism). Biss lives outside Chicago. She is married to the writer John Bresland, and they have a son.''Time Out Chicago'' Issue 208. February 25, 2009

Works

*''The Balloonists'', Hanging Loose Press, 2002, *'' Notes from No Man's Land'', Graywolf Press, 2009, *'' On Immunity: An Inoculation'', Graywolf Press, 2014, *''Having and Being Had'', Riverhead Books, 2020,

References

External links

Author's website
* Radio Interview
Eula Biss discusses her book ''On Immunity'', public health and anti-vaccination movements
on The 7th Avenue Project radio show. * Radio interview: Eula Biss i
interviewed about race and "Whiteness"
by host Krista Tippett on On Being
The "F-Word": Fragment and the Futility of Genre Classification: a Roundtable Discussion with Eula Biss, Sarah Manguso, Maggie Nelson, and Allie Rowbottom
in ''Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts'' (25.1)
Book TV: Eula Biss "Notes From No Man's Land"
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Biss, Eula 1977 births Living people American non-fiction writers Hampshire College alumni University of Iowa alumni Northwestern University faculty Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award winners 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American essayists American women essayists American women academics