Reared in a family that valued athletic excellence (one brother was a member of the United States Gymnastics team), he competed in the U.S.

[citation needed] Biespiel began publishing poems and essays in 1986 after moving to remote Brownsville, Vermont.

He also has reviewed poetry for nearly fifteen years in journals and newspapers, including in Bookforum, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

Faculty and Teaching Fellows at the Attic Institute have included: Marc Acito, Matthew Dickman, Jennifer Lauck, Elizabeth Rusch, Kim Stafford, and Cheryl Strayed, among others.

The artistic group includes Oregon Ballet Theater principal dancer Gavin Larsen and musician Joshua Pearl.

In 2017 David Biespiel and wife Wendy Willis appeared for dual interviews and readings on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "State of Wonder".