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“My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my own writing to failure. I want to fail. I want to go to a place where I don't know what I'm doing, where maybe I'm lost. And in that uncertain space, I make decisions, and I know all those decisions are going to change everything else. And at a certain point, you just come to a place of rest. In revising, you reduce your options so that nothing is possible, and you just think, I can't change this anymore because I've already passed that decision point.”

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David Biespiel

David Biespiel is a renowned American contemporary poet, born on February 18, 1964. His poetry is known for its profound humanistic concern and unique artistic style, which has won him a wide audience. more

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