Description: Armand uses his own life's journey to teach lessons on creative writing.
Brief description: Recipient of the 2022 Louisiana Writer Award, David Armand was born and raised in Louisiana. From 2017-2019, he served as writer-in-residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he is currently associate professor of creative writing. An award-winning author, Armand has published four novels, four collections of poetry, a memoir, and a collection of essays.
Review Quotes: "Like Stephen King's On Writing, David Armand's The Roads We Travel is an astute craft book in the form of an engaging autobiography. You don't have to be an aspiring writer to enjoy it, but I wish this book had existed when I was starting out--a first-generation college student from a blue-collar family, trying to write short stories. I'd have carried it everywhere, dog-eared and underlined, inspired by a writer whose reassuring voice makes me feel as though he's sitting across from me, telling me to keep going, that it's all going to be okay." --John McNally, writer-in-residence and professor of English, University of Louisiana at Lafayette