David Morris (author)
Encyclopedia
David B. Morris is a writer and scholar, emeritus Professor of literature at the University of Virginia
. His main interest is pain and its various manifestations.
Morris is a founding co-director of the Taos Writing Retreat for Health Professionals, co-sponsored by Kaiser-Permanente and the University of New Mexico
School of Medicine.
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. His main interest is pain and its various manifestations.
Books
- The Religious Sublime (1972)
- Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense (1984)
- The Culture of Pain (1991) - PEN prize for 1992
- Earth Warrior (1995), about anti-driftnet campaign in the North Pacific
- Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age (1998)
Interest in pain
Morris wrote an award-winning article about pain for Arthritis Today, and lectured to wide audiences like American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Pain Society, American Society for Pain Management Nurses and The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).Morris is a founding co-director of the Taos Writing Retreat for Health Professionals, co-sponsored by Kaiser-Permanente and the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
School of Medicine.