63: What Happens When You Ask the Wrong Questions? – A Conversation with David Biespiel

David Biespiel is a poet, critic, memoirist, novelist, and painter. His work has earned many awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Lannan Fellowship, and a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He currently leads graduate poetry workshops at Oregon State University. In today’s episode, he shares lessons collected over many decades in the arts, discusses the critical role that failure plays in creative revelation, and remembers a pivotal moment that shaped his career.