Articles & Interviews | DAVID PIERSON

Clarion Herald: Chess is an opening gambit in the game of life

Clarion Herald: Chess is an opening gambit in the game of life

Because someone believed in David Pierson’s intellectual abilities beyond his ACT college-placement test score, he not only graduated from college with honors in 1970 but also has taught English at the elementary and high school level for 27 years in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

David Pierson

St. Charles Herald: St. Charles Parish native publishes political satire based in New Sarpy

From age 11, David Pierson knew he wanted to be a writer and promised his hardworking mother he was going to be famous.

Ringside Politics with a PUNCH!

David Pierson discusses And Lead Us Not with Jeff Crouere, WLAE-TV

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