Occupation Author, Professor Role Fiction writer Name Eula Biss | Spouse John Bresland Genre Non-fiction | |
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Awards National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Books On Immunity, Notes from No Man's Land: Am, The Balloonists Similar Leslie Jamison, Maggie Nelson, Sarah Manguso, Edwin Catmull, Phil Klay | ||
Eula biss on immunity
Eula Biss (born circa 1977) is an American non-fiction writer.
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- Eula biss on immunity
- On immunity by eula biss book review
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Interviews
- Reviews
- References
She won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award,the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. She is an editor at Essay Press.
On immunity by eula biss book review
Early life
After earning a bachelor's degree in non-fiction writing from Hampshire College, Biss moved to Iowa City, where she went on to complete her MFA in the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program.
Career
Biss teaches at Northwestern University.
An artist in residence at Northwestern, Biss is also the author of two books and the founder of Essay Press. Her second book, Notes from No Man's Land, won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. In March 2010, Notes from No Man's Land won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the criticism category. Her third book, On Immunity: An Inoculation, was one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of 2014 and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism).
Personal life
Biss lives in Evanston, Illinois. She is married to John Bresland, and they have a son, Juneau. Biss and Bresland are also in a band called STET Everything.