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Having and Being Had – Eula Biss (2020)

Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

January 15, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a kind of essay collection, kind of an essay diary, and similar to autofiction (minus the fiction part) of other writers these days. The book is a response to capitalism, but more so, a trying to reckon with, understand, define, and then process the reality of capitalism in various forms. One of the things that keeps happening in the book is Biss asking someone who should know the answer, to define capitalism, often finding either an almost tautological response, one that has no […]

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vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Eula Biss, having and being had ·
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Is getting that vaccine *really* going to kill you?

February 22, 2016 by bonnie Leave a Comment

The Chancellor and I have been wanting to discuss books more in-depth, and our friend A, who is also part of our book club, has been wanting more of the same. So we’ve been challenging ourselves to read extra books in between Book Club meetings. Last month, we had a rousing discussion over Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, and this month, A has chosen Eula Biss’s On Immunity: An Inoculation. Biss is an academic who pieces apart the pro- and anti-vaccination camps with incredible clarity. […]

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bonnie's CBR8 Review No:21 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: bonnie, Eula Biss ·
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