This piece is part of our Fall 2018 print issue.
David Huddle is the author of seven poetry collections, six short story collections, five novels, a novella, a book titled A David Huddle Reader, and a collection of essays titled The Writing Habit. He won the 2012 Library of Virginia Award for Fiction for Nothing Can Make Me Do This and the 2013 Pen New England Award for Poetry for Blacksnake at the Family Reunion. His new poetry collection, My Surly Heart, and his new novel, Hazel, are forthcoming in 2019.
