David Morris is an American writer and former Marine infantry officer. His story “The Big Suck: Notes from the Jarhead Underground” was originally published in VQR and was included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, The Daily Beast, The Los Angeles Times, and The Surfer's Journal. His 2015 book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder describes his experiences as a reporter in Iraq and his subsequent struggles with post-traumatic stress. The book also examines the personal, cultural and scientific aspects of PTSD. The book was also a New York Times "Editors' Choice" and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Morris is originally from San Diego, California. He holds a M.F.A. in fiction from the University of California, Irvine as well as an M.A. in British literature from San Diego State University. In 2008, he was awarded a creative nonfiction fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as residencies at MacDowell and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
David Morris
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
David Morris worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…