We've known David and his family since the early1960's.

Although he's best known for his poetry, we know him more as a fellow musician and a good friend.

He's an accomplished guitar player who also plays mandolin, harmonica, and (if you catch him late at night) blues piano. He and his late wife Tina have written and recorded songs for various record labels.

David's giant collection of music ranging from vaudeville, swing, and be-bop, to country, bluegrass,  and classical is surpassed only by his vast collection of books. He also has a wonderful collection of Mr. Peanut stuff.

He's an entertaining reader of poetry and we have videos here of David that we think you'll enjoy. We also have audio of his poetry reading and songs from various LPs and tapes.

David has written many books, some of which can be purchased at Amazon, Amazon-Canada, City Lights Books, Empty Mirror Books, Powell's books,  Black Sparrow Books, or at a bookstore near you.

He was a Poetics Core Faculty member of the now-defunct "New College of California" from1980 thru 2007.

David's latest collection is entitled "When I Was a Poet" and is available here.

With great joy we are happy to announce the wedding of David and his new bride Julie Rogers on September 10th 2011.

Julie is an excellent poet and she and David have been doing readings together for some time now.

Julie has her own excellent website. You can find it on our Links page or by simply clicking here.

On the 10th of November 2011 David will receive a lifetime achievement award from the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

More biographical information can be found here on Wikipedia.

      Greg LeVasseur