![]() ![]() You seem to think that if you lost the sense of discomfort, there actually was a loss there. ![]() I had the sense that the discomfort had something to teach me. And I wrote the book as an effort to hold onto that discomfort. This book came out of that contradiction of me enjoying all the new comforts that came with having a home, having more space and also a new kind of economic security but feeling uncomfortable, I think, really, with the system in which I had acquired those things. But you say it gave you a sense of security that felt unfamiliar and even uncomfortable. And for a lot of people, that would be considered a pure success, a goal of adulthood. PFEIFFER: Eula, this book grew out of you having finally bought your first home. What is capitalism? For her, the answer to that question is complicated and elusive and comes in the form of short, often funny essays that make up her new book, "Having And Being Had."ĮULA BISS: Oh, thanks so much for having me. The essayist Eula Biss focuses her new book on what seems to be a simple question. ![]()
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