Rigsbee is the author of 20 books and chapbooks, including eleven full-length poetry collections.

In addition to his poems, he has also published critical works on Carolyn Kizer and Joseph Brodsky.

He has coedited two anthologies, including Invited Guest: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Southern Poetry, which was a ‘notable book’ selection of the American Library Association and the American Association of University Professors, and was featured on C-Span's Booknotes program.

Rigsbee was married to artist Jill Bullitt, the daughter of poet Carolyn Kizer, for eighteen years before they divorced.

The Poetry Foundation [1] National Endowment for the Arts [2] Black Lawrence Press [3] David Rigsbee reads for The Cortland Review at AWP 2008 in New York.