About David Abram David Abram is an American philosopher and cultural ecologist and the founder and creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE). Books by David Abram Material Ecocriticism edited by Serenella Iovino & Serpil Oppermann contributions by David Abram, Joni Adamson, Jane Bennett, Eli Clare, Stacy Alaimo, Hannes Bergthaller, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Simon Estok, Heather I. Sullivan, Catherine Rigby, Dana Phillips, Timo Maran, Cheryll Glotfelty, Greta Gaard, Lowell Duckert, Wendy Wheeler, Hubert Zapf, Timothy Morton & Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands