David Meischen

A Pushcart honoree, with a personal essay in Pushcart Prize XLII, David Meischen is the author of Unbuckled: Poems (University of New Mexico Press, forthcoming, 2026) Nopalito, Texas: Stories (University of New Mexico Press 2024) and Caliche Road Poems (Lamar University Press 2024). Anyone’s Son, from 3: A Taos Press, was honored with Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters in 2020. David’s personal essay, published in The Common (Spring 2024) is listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2025. Cofounder and Managing Editor of Dos Gatos Press, David lives in Albuquerque, NM with his husband—also his co-publisher and co-editor—Scott Wiggerman.