David has a PhD in English Literature. Writes a regular humour column called "The Self-Esteem Workout" for Matrix. and the "Sandwich of the Month" column for EnRoute magazine. David is a songwriter and musician, and member of the rock band Puggy Hammer. He is the Montreal fiction editor of the e-magazine Joyland and is the fiction editor for the Punchy Writers Series at DC Books. David was named by the CBC as one of the "Top Ten English-Language Poets in Canada". David currently teaches creative writing and literature at Concordia University. excerpts from Li'l Bastard 2011