About The Artist
David Drum, resident artist and founder of Burning Books Press was born on a cold winter's day in Wichita, Kansas.
He has worked as a funeral director, street vendor, craps dealer, fry cook, inner city schoolteacher, reporter, and ranch foreman.
David Drum is the author several artist's book as well as Facade (a bunch of poems), published by Michael Lally's O Press in New York. His work appeared in the Crossing Press anthology, None of the Above: New Poets of the 1970s and many mail art shows.
David Drum has an MFA from the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Recent interview, second segment, listen below: