For his novel, Rug Man, David has received the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award in Fiction. Dating back to 1949, the award honors the most outstanding literary work by a Philadelphia-area author or a work that is about Philadelphia.

As part of his ongoing research into sneaker culture, David presented a paper entitled, “Getting Out in Transition: Basketball, Hip-Hop, and the Offensive Mobility of Indigenized Sneakers.”

David will be visiting DeSales University in Lehigh County to read from his work-in-progress, a novel-in-stories entitled The Offliner. The university’s low-res MFA program is run by David’s long-time friend and fellow BGSU alumnus, Patrick Crerand.

David heads to St. Lous, MO for the first-ever Livin’ Analog Day Retreat, where he’ll deliver a talk entitled, “Against Multi-tasking: An Argument for Doing One Thing at a Time,” which builds on Shunryu Suzuki’s principle of “one-act concentration.”

Curtis Smith at JMWW conducted an extensive interview with David, in which he discusses Rug Man, the elusive essence of Delaware County, and his current writing projects.

Philadelphia Magazine named Rug Man one of its "Best Books to Read This Summer." Get some sand between those pages.

The Italian-American Herald’s Al Kemp has some nice things to say in his red, white, and green review of Rug Man.

WHYY’s Arts and Culture Reporter, Peter Crimmins, interviewed David and his father Jerry, the inspiration behind Rug Man’s protagonist.

Peg Degrassa of the Delco Times spreads the word about Rug Man in this short article.

David will be attending the Popular Culture Association Conference in San Antonio, TX, where he’ll read from his novel, Rug Man. This marks David’s fourth trip to the national conference. His previous three presentations centered on sneaker culture, David Lynch’s Dune, and the myth of Superman.