David Greenspan is a poet currently living in Michigan. A lecturer in the University of Michigan’s Program in Technical Communication, he’s earned a PhD at the University of Southern Mississippi and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His writing has appeared in places like Bellevue Literary Review, Denver Quarterly, DIAGRAM, the Iowa Review, Narrative, the Southeast Review, and West Branch.
David’s taught composition and technical writing for many years. His pedagogical interests include critical pedagogy and disability studies. His scholarly interests include the intersection of political economy and avant-garde poetics, ecological thought, and ecosocialism. Poets he can’t stop reading include Sean Bonney, Lucie Brock-Broido, Cynthia Cruz, Larry Levis, Anis Mojgani, Bhanu Kapil, and Mary Ruefle.
Prior to entering academia, David worked in content marketing. He has a cat, Jelly, who enjoys batting and chasing food around, then lolling in sunbeams. He’s had at various times pet rats named Annette, Francis, and Jonas.
Contact David at dgreenspan88 @ gmail . com
Interviews, Etc:
Interview at Rob Mclennan’s Blog
Interview at Crab Creek Review
Interview at Carve Magazine
Interview on WLOX
Micro Interview with Woodland Pattern Book Center
Video of reading at Friendly City Books
Nervous System with Dramamine on the Chapbook Podcast
One Person Holds So Much Silence on Goodreads
Milk Sickness on Goodreads