In Turning Japanese, poet David Mura chronicled a year in Japan in which his sense of identity as a Japanese American was transformed. In Where the Body Meets Memory, Mura focuses on his experience growing up Japanese American in a country which interned both his parents during World War II, simply because of their race. Interweaving his own experience with that of his family and of other sansei-third generation Japanese Americans-Mura reveals how being a "model minority" has resulted in a loss of heritage and wholeness for generations of Japanese Americans. In vivid and...
In Turning Japanese, poet David Mura chronicled a year in Japan in which his sense of identity as a Japanese American was transformed. In Wh...
A journal of discovery by a poet and third-generation Japanese-American who explores the sense of difference that haunts him both at home and in Japan.
A journal of discovery by a poet and third-generation Japanese-American who explores the sense of difference that haunts him both at home and in Japan...
In Angels for the Burning, David Mura examines the experience of contemporary Asian-Americans and the various aspects of familial history between first-, second-, and third-generation Japanese-Americans. Mura believes one of poetry's tasks is to explore the challenges to our identities as we encounter various "others" and other visions of ourselves and our world. Mura's new collection of poems attempts to accomplish this task.
David Mura is a poet, nonfiction writer, critic, playwright and performance artist. His numerous awards include a Lila Wallace Readers Digest...
In Angels for the Burning, David Mura examines the experience of contemporary Asian-Americans and the various aspects of familial history be...
Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA and the Loft, with A Stranger's Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative writing that addresses an increasingly diverse American literature. Mura argues for a more inclusive definition of craft, particularly in relationship to race, even as he elucidates timeless rules of narrative construction in fiction and memoir.
Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA and the Loft, with A Stranger's Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative w...
Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA and the Loft, with A Stranger's Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative writing that addresses an increasingly diverse American literature. Mura argues for a more inclusive definition of craft, particularly in relationship to race, even as he elucidates timeless rules of narrative construction in fiction and memoir.
Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA and the Loft, with A Stranger's Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative w...
