David Brown Morris

David Brown Morris is a writer, scholar, and retired University Professor from the University of Virginia, where he taught in both the Department of English and the School of Medicine. He is the author of The Culture of Pain — winner of a PEN prize and the first in a trilogy that also includes Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age and Eros and Illness. Earlier in his career, he wrote two acclaimed studies of 18th-century literature: The Religious Sublime and Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense. In addition, Morris has written narrative nonfiction, including Earth Warrior, Civil War Duet, and Wanderers: Literature, Culture, and the Open Road. His research and writing have been supported by grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Society of Learned Fellows, and (awarded jointly with NEH) the National Science Foundation. His most recent book, Ten Thousand Central Parks: A Climate-Change Parable, explores ecological resilience in the face of environmental crisis.

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Think Bigger. Think Greener. Think Ten Thousand Central Parks.

The story of Central Park stretches from its nineteenth-century origins — with an unlikely cast of colorful characters — to the experiences of some 42 million visitors each year, and no single book could encompass it. Ten Thousand Central Parks: A Climate-Change Parable nonetheless attempts the impossible. It seeks…

David Brown MorrisOctober 20, 2025