David Armand teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he also serves as associate editor forLouisiana Literature. In 2010, his first novel,The Pugilist’s Wife, was published by Texas Review Press after being named the winner of the George Garrett Fiction Prize. He has since published two more novels, a collection of poetry, and a memoir. David is currently working on his sixth book, The Lord’s Acre.
I must first confess that I’m probably part of that book reading majority who doesn’t normally pick up a collection of short stories for my summer beach reading. I find myself leaning more toward the depth and breadth of a novel or a memoir and the other-worldliness that sort of immersion in a longer book…
