The contributions in this anthology reflect the aesthetic breadth that David fostered in his classrooms. They represent multiple genres-fiction, nonfiction, even a play-and a range of voices, styles, and forms. A handful of the contributions in the anthology have been published elsewhere, in little magazines or online, but the majority of them appear here for the first time. Not all of the former students represented in this volume worked extensively with David, though most took at least one course from him. A few of the stories and essays were initially written for one of his classes or as...