David Biespiel is a poet, literary critic, memoirist, and contributing writer at The Rumpus, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Partisan, Slate,Poetry, and The New York Times, among other publications. 

He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Book of Men and Women, which was chosen one of the Best Books of the Year by the Poetry Foundation and received the Stafford/Hall Award; three books of nonfiction, most recently The Education of a Young Poet, named by Poets & Writers as a "Best Book for Writers," and A Long High Whistle, which received the Frances Fuller Victor Award; and he has edited several anthologies, including the Everyman's Library edition of Poems of the American South. Forthcoming in 2019 is a new book of poems, Republic Cafe. 

Recipient of Lannan, National Endowment for the Arts, and Stegner fellowships, he has taught at Stanford University, University of Maryland, George Washington University, Portland State University, and Wake Forest University, in addition to other colleges and universities. He is Poet-in-Residence at Oregon State University, a core faculty member in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA Program, and the founder of the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters.

Website: http://db1547.wix.com/david-biespiel

Twitter Username: @davidbiespiel

Publications

• The Education of a Young Poet , Counterpoint Press (October 1, 2017)
• A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry , Antilever Press (April 1, 2015)
• Charming Gardeners , University of Washington Press (September 1, 2013)
• The Book of Men and Women , University of Washington Press (January 1, 2009)
• Poems of the American South , Random House (August 5, 2014)
• Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces , Kelson Books (July 12, 2010)
• Wild Civility , University of Washington Press (January 1, 2003)
• Shattering Air , BOA Editions (July 1, 1996)

Awards

• Stegner Fellowship in Poetry(1993)
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry(1997)
• Lannan Fellowship(2007)

Employment

• President at The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters (January 1999 - )
• Poet-in-Residence at Oregon State University (September 2000 - )
• Core Faculty at Rainier Writers Workshop MFA at Pacific Lutheran University (August 2008 - )

Genres of Interest

Poetry