Widely recognized as one of the leading poets of his generation, David Biespiel founded the Attic Institute in Portland in 1999. Among his publications are "Shattering Air," "Pilgrims & Beggars," "Wild Civility," "The Book of Men and Women," which was named Best Poetry of the Year for 2009 by The Poetry Foundation and also received the Oregon Book Award. His fifth volume of poems, "Charming Gardeners," was published in late 2013. He has been honored with a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Literature.

Second Sunday is free and open to the public. An open mic will follow David's reading. Books available for sale.






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