Perfect Timing
(A guest blog written for my friend Lauree Ostrofsky at Simply Leap.) I’ve been an English professor for 30 years, and let me tell you, it’s a great way to make a living. I love [...]
Dave’s Top Ten List: Worst Songs of the ’70s
I woke up yesterday morning haunted by my dream. Not by the dream itself—that was fairly typical (I was about to teach a course I'm completely unqualified to teach, and for about six hours I [...]
Richard Samuel Hicks
My father died six and a half years ago. At first, right afterward, he was "around." Hovering, I guess you could call it: at the foot of my bed; in the car, making sure I [...]
If I Save Your Life, Will You Promise Not to Hate Me for Leaving?
Back when I left my marriage and was really missing my children, I would be their “babysitter” once in a while. It felt weird, because before the separation I had been an equal partner in [...]
Dave’s Top Ten List: Bike Ride, Breakfast & Museum
Top Ten Observations from My Bike Ride, Breakfast, and Museum Experience This Morning CK and I went for a bike ride to Capitol Hill this lovely morning, had a delicious breakfast at the Jelly Café, [...]
Levine Greenberg Literary Agency to Represent David Hicks
David is now represented by Victoria Skurnick of the prestigious Levine Greenberg Literary Agency. Oddly enough, they grew up just a few miles from each other but never knew it. Isn't she nice?
Unknown Man
When my son Stephen was eight years old and we lived in the Pennsylvania woods, he occasionally donned a makeshift red mask, cloaked himself in a red cape (from an old magician’s costume), and stood [...]
Misfits (or, What Makes Flannery O’Connor Such a Good Writer)
The following is a guest blog post I wrote for my friend (and wonderful writer) Eric Wyatt (visit his site) One of the many brilliant craft elements in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard [...]
David Finalist in Glimmer Train’s 2012 Fiction Open
David's newest story, "Higher Laws," was a finalist in Glimmer Train's 2012 Fiction Open, with over a thousand submissions. A complete list of the finalists below: Glimmer Train’s September 2012 Fiction Open 1st-place: Doug Lawson [...]
Why I Love My Underwear (or, Goodness Me, My Ass is Happy)
I just bought some underwear, and let’s just say I’m excited about them. Here’s why. 99% of underwear sold in this country—indeed most of the clothing we buy—is made in places like China, Indonesia, or [...]