David Hutto is a native of Gainesville, Georgia, where he grew up on a farm. He has experienced city life (in New York City, he took the subway to work on Fifth Avenue), country life (in North Carolina, he lived in a house heated only by a wood stove), and small towns (where people he didn’t know recognized him and knew his name). In addition, he has lived for months at a time in Russia, and he spent six weeks in London, England.

After time in the U.S. Air Force, working in a hospital laboratory, he went to college to study the Russian language and later earned additional degrees in English. In the working world, he spent 20 years as a college professor of English, following four occasions as a factory laborer. In addition, he has been an editorial assistant, a dishwasher, an asbestos abatement supervisor, a nursing home attendant, and a copy editor for pharmacy and rheumatology journals.

 His experience as a writer includes a writer's retreat in Mérida, Mexico, in 2024, a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2003, two invitations as a featured poet at the Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta, and first-place poetry awards from state-wide contests in Alabama and Georgia. He also formerly wrote a blog called “Write or Take a Nap?”