David Armand is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing in the Department of English and World Languages. He holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as Writer-in-Residence, and he currently holds the Leola R. Purcell Endowed Professorship in English. In 2010, he won the George Garrett Fiction Prize for his first novel, The Pugilist’s Wife, which was published by Texas Review Press. He has since published three more novels, four collections of poetry, and a memoir. His latest book, Mirrors, was published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. Armand is also the 2022 recipient of the Louisiana Writer Award, which is presented annually by the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana, and which recognizes “outstanding contributions to Louisiana’s literary and intellectual life exemplified by a contemporary Louisiana writer’s body of work.” Armand’s next novel, Walk the Night, is forthcoming from Texas Review Press, and his new memoir, Gardens, is forthcoming from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. In 2020, Armand was awarded the UL System Faculty of the Year Award.
Creative Writing (fiction, poetry, memoir), Contemporary American Literature, Southern Literature, and Louisiana Literature.
