Eula Biss and Joshua Wheeler

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND LIVE STREAMING | Eula Biss and Joshua Wheeler will read from their recent books as part of the Writers Reading series.

Eula Biss is the author of four books: Having and Being Had, On Immunity, Notes from No Man’s Land, and The Balloonists. Her work has been recognized by a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library. As a 2023 National Fellow at New America, she is currently at work on a collection of essays about how private property has shaped our world.

Joshua Wheeler is the author of the essay collection Acid West, which was named a best book of 2018 by Newsweek, The Paris Review, and O, The Oprah Magazine. He’s written for The New York Times, Alta, and Harper’s Magazine. His novel, The High Heaven, was published in 2025 by Graywolf Press. Originally from Alamogordo, New Mexico, Wheeler now lives in New Orleans and teaches at Louisiana State University.