David Biespiel
@davidbiespiel.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, painter. Texas expat. Contributor to the New Yorker, New Republic, Orion, Poetry, APR, NYT. Thirteen books, including the forthcoming BEAUTIFUL IS THE WORLD: NEW & SELECTED POEMS.
Maybe poetry editors should work faster.
August 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Maybe poetry editors should work faster.
The shadows in that painting are obsessive.
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The shadows in that painting are obsessive.
My por spelling forever haunts me.
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My por spelling forever haunts me.
And J.A.P. was quite the beat by beat cover of a Laforge poem to begin with.
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
And J.A.P. was quite the beat by beat cover of a Laforge poem to begin with.
This is very cool.
July 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is very cool.
They too think a good man is hard to find.
June 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
They too think a good man is hard to find.
See words, not things. The metaphors write themselves.
June 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
See words, not things. The metaphors write themselves.
Sad. So influential to this Houstonian trudging out of the Sahara of conservative society in that city in 1970s and 1980s. And, Molly!
May 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sad. So influential to this Houstonian trudging out of the Sahara of conservative society in that city in 1970s and 1980s. And, Molly!
Nice photo, Anselm.
May 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Nice photo, Anselm.
Sports Night was a gem.
May 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Sports Night was a gem.
Probably what I should be told to…re, poetry!
May 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Probably what I should be told to…re, poetry!
Um…<kicks dirt>…<looks down>…<mumbles> A Place of Exodus…maybe? Also the afterword in The Facts when Nathan Zuckerman tells Phillip Roth he should stick w his day job as a novelist.
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Um…<kicks dirt>…<looks down>…<mumbles> A Place of Exodus…maybe? Also the afterword in The Facts when Nathan Zuckerman tells Phillip Roth he should stick w his day job as a novelist.
Congratulations, Maya.
April 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congratulations, Maya.
I’m sorry, Kate. Good dog.
April 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m sorry, Kate. Good dog.
Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces.
April 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces.
Congratulations, Shane.
April 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Congratulations, Shane.
I think I gave a reading in there once. Nice audience in Marfa.
April 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think I gave a reading in there once. Nice audience in Marfa.
Is that the venue near the bookstore?
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Is that the venue near the bookstore?
Horrible. Sorry, Joanna.
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Horrible. Sorry, Joanna.
I love finding those early issues of things like Paris Review, Poetry magazine pre-war, Parnassus, Antaeus, Partisan Review &c. Like finding a pre-historic version of my poetry brain before I even came into being.
March 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I love finding those early issues of things like Paris Review, Poetry magazine pre-war, Parnassus, Antaeus, Partisan Review &c. Like finding a pre-historic version of my poetry brain before I even came into being.
8 years later, on the night Nolan Ryan throws a no-hitter at the Dome, my novel A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE YEAR OF THE HIGH COMMISSION ON LOVE (SFA Press) takes place exactly where those three are standing.
March 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
8 years later, on the night Nolan Ryan throws a no-hitter at the Dome, my novel A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE YEAR OF THE HIGH COMMISSION ON LOVE (SFA Press) takes place exactly where those three are standing.
Many Bothans died to bring us these emojis.
March 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Many Bothans died to bring us these emojis.