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A Stranger'S Journey: Race, Identity, And Narrative Craft In Writing
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Long Recognized As A Master Teacher At Writing Programs Like Vona, The Loft, And The Stonecoast Mfa, With A Strangers Journey, David Mura Has Written A Book On Creative Writing That Addresses Our Increasingly Diverse American Literature. Mura Argues For A More Inclusive And Expansive Definition Of Craft, Particularly In Relationship To Race, Even As He Elucidates Timeless Rules Of Narrative Construction In Fiction And Memoir. His Essays Offer Techniquefocused Readings Of Writers Such As James Baldwin, Zz Packer, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Karr, And Garrett Hongo, While Making Compelling Connections To Muras Own Life And Work As A Japanese American Writer.In A Strangers Journey, Mura Poses Two Central Questions. The First Involves Identity: How Is Writing An Exploration Of Who One Is And Ones Place In The World? Mura Examines How The Myriad Identities In Our Changing Contemporary Canon Have Led To New Challenges Regarding Both Craft And Pedagogy. Here, Like Toni Morrisons Playing In The Dark Or Jeff Changs Who We Be, A Strangers Journey Breaks New Ground In Our Understanding Of The Relationship Between The Issues Of Race, Literature, And Culture.The Books Second Central Question Involves Structure: How Does One Tell A Story? Mura Provides Clear, Insightful Narrative Tools That Any Writer May Use, Taking In Techniques From Fiction, Screenplays, Playwriting, And Myth. Through This Process, Mura Candidly Explores The Newly Evolved Aesthetic Principles Of Memoir And How Questions Of Identity Occupy A Central Place In Contemporary Memoir.
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