Eula Biss

Eula Biss is the book’s author. Biss structures many of the essays to begin with a personal anecdote from her own life. Biss is an accomplished author of creative nonfiction, as well as a professor of English and creative writing. Biss is married and has a young son. In this book, she wrestles with many questions of wealth, work, art, and morality. She incorporates many elements of her personal life in these explorations, such as her home life, her family life, her work, her art, and other interests.

John

John is Eula Biss’ husband. He works at the same university where Biss works. They live together, and they co-parent their son, Josh. John and Biss do their best to divide domestic and parenting tasks equally between them. They occasionally have intellectual and academic disagreements regarding the subjects in this book, but they appear to be...