David Biespiel cracks open the creative process as he candidly tracks his own development as a writer and challenges traditional assumptions about writing that can stifle creativity. The liberating message: Working past the brink of failure--being free to try and discard and try again--is what allows the creative process to playfully flourish, keeping the spirit open to unexpected discoveries. Both beginning and experienced writers—as well as artists, musicians, dancers, and anyone else on a creative path—will benefit from this elegant, surprising, and fresh perspective.
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"Finally, an anti-bullshit book on creativity!"
— James Marcus
"Does for the creative process what Strunk and White did for our approach to grammar and style. Indispensable."
— Marjorie Sandor
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"Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces instead of the advice de rigueur, is a well-spring of ideas for how to jump start the creative process, valuable examples of athletic and visual artists who exercise this proposed method, and, perhaps most importantly, oodles of empathy for the writer and artist who is battling their own stuck process and potentially self-doubt or frustration."
— Hazel & Wren
Writers can study with David at —
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Named the first Poet-in-Residence in OSU's 150 year history, David has been a faculty member in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film since 2001. He leads the poetry workshop once a year with students enrolled in the graduate MFA program, works with MFA students on completing their final thesis, and teaches undergraduate advanced workshops, as well as courses in world poetry, American poetry, and poetry form and theory.
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Attic Institute of Arts and Letters
David founded the Attic in 1999. Considered the birthplace of Portland's 21st century literary renaissance, the Attic offers workshops year-round in the downtown studio and online. David teaches in the Poets Studio and the Atheneum programs.