David Biespiel (born February 18, 1964) is an American poet who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Houston, Texas, and educated at Stanford University, University of Maryland, and Boston University. He is the founder of The Attic Writers' Workshop in Portland, Oregon, an independent literary studio that has provided creative writing workshops to more than 300 writers annually since 1999.
David Biespiel—pronounced buy-speel—attended Beth Yeshu...
more
David Biespiel (born February 18, 1964) is an American poet who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Houston, Texas, and educated at Stanford University, University of Maryland, and Boston University. He is the founder of The Attic Writers' Workshop in Portland, Oregon, an independent literary studio that has provided creative writing workshops to more than 300 writers annually since 1999.
David Biespiel—pronounced buy-speel—attended Beth Yeshurun, the oldest Jewish school in Houston. Reared in a family that valued athletic excellence (one brother was a member of the United States Gymnastics team), he competed in the U.S. Diving Championships against Olympians Greg Louganis and Bruce Kimball, and later coached and developed many regional and national champions and finalists in diving.
Living in Boston in the early 1980s, Biespiel was one of the central figures of Glenville Productions, a nexus of young writers, artists, educators, musicians, environmentalists, and activists that...
less
