David Mura - November 17, 2004

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David Mura

David Mura reads from After We Lost Our Way (1989), The Colors of Desire (1995), and Angels for the Burning (2004). Mura also engages the audience with several performance pieces.

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Welcome
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by Gail Browne

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Introduction
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by Dan Lee

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"Grandfather and Grandmother in Love"
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Mura, David. After We Lost Our Way. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.

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"Minneapolis Public"
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Mura, David. Angels for the Burning. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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"Paranoid Asian-American Guy"
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performance piece

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"Letters from Tule Lake Internment Camp 1942-1945"
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originally titled "Letters from Poston Relocation Camp (1942-45)"

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Mura, David. After We Lost Our Way. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.

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"Internment Camp Psychology"
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Mura, David. Angels for the Burning. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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Performance Piece
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"The Angel of Phillips Park"
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Mura, David. Angels for the Burning. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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"Two Imperialist Ditties"
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Mura, David. Angels for the Burning. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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from "The Colors of Desire"
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Mura reads two sections of this poem: "Photograph of a Lynching (circa 1930)" and "1957"

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Mura, David. The Colors of Desire. New York: Anchor Books, 1995.

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"The Oriental Thug"
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performance piece

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"Listening"
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Mura, David. The Colors of Desire. New York: Anchor Books, 1995.

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"A Winter's Tale"
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Mura, David. Angels for the Burning. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2004.

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Question and Answer Session
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