David is a poet and fiction writer. His newest poetry collection, Travelers, was released in June 2023 with publisher Circling Rivers.
His recent novel, City of Bridges, was published by Wipf & Stock. In an ancient city that seeks itself among its mythical past, a courier is killed upon a bridge. A century later, the narrator and his friends join the city's renewed search for the item the courier carried, but they are drawn deeper into the unsolved mystery of the courier's death.
David's first lyric-novel, Elynia, was published by Dark Coast Press. It explores the unexpected relationships between four generations of characters and their communication across the divides of time and place. Their kaleidoscopic lives persevere in hope despite a relentless storm that erodes their monuments and memories.
David's first poetry collections, Forms and Vessels and Called Perpetual, were published as companions by Culturatti. Liguori Press published The Final Act of Creation, a poetic contemplation of the death of Jesus that gives a unique and lyric voice to the generative power found in suffering. For Advent 2020, Wipf & Stock published a companion, The First Act of Creation, that explores the identity and beauty of the human person through the Incarnation. Proceeds from both works are donated to charity.
Duquesne University commissioned David to create Nine Lessons, a new poetic version of a century-old choral reflection. Nine Lessons was performed with Duquesne's choirs. David's poetry has also featured in photographic works and as lyrics for musical compositions.
David founded award-winning Judith Literary Press, which produces poignant new works from diverse authors, including bilingual poetry about the cultural history and conflict of the Southwestern U.S., young poetic perspectives from India, and new formalism bent to the surreal. Judith has also re-released revised editions of David's early poetry, including Unexpected Guest and Somniloquy, which explores dream-stories collected from friends and strangers across the world.
His recent novel, City of Bridges, was published by Wipf & Stock. In an ancient city that seeks itself among its mythical past, a courier is killed upon a bridge. A century later, the narrator and his friends join the city's renewed search for the item the courier carried, but they are drawn deeper into the unsolved mystery of the courier's death.
David's first lyric-novel, Elynia, was published by Dark Coast Press. It explores the unexpected relationships between four generations of characters and their communication across the divides of time and place. Their kaleidoscopic lives persevere in hope despite a relentless storm that erodes their monuments and memories.
David's first poetry collections, Forms and Vessels and Called Perpetual, were published as companions by Culturatti. Liguori Press published The Final Act of Creation, a poetic contemplation of the death of Jesus that gives a unique and lyric voice to the generative power found in suffering. For Advent 2020, Wipf & Stock published a companion, The First Act of Creation, that explores the identity and beauty of the human person through the Incarnation. Proceeds from both works are donated to charity.
Duquesne University commissioned David to create Nine Lessons, a new poetic version of a century-old choral reflection. Nine Lessons was performed with Duquesne's choirs. David's poetry has also featured in photographic works and as lyrics for musical compositions.
David founded award-winning Judith Literary Press, which produces poignant new works from diverse authors, including bilingual poetry about the cultural history and conflict of the Southwestern U.S., young poetic perspectives from India, and new formalism bent to the surreal. Judith has also re-released revised editions of David's early poetry, including Unexpected Guest and Somniloquy, which explores dream-stories collected from friends and strangers across the world.