David Mura: Becoming Japanese →

It was such an honor that this story of mine got picked up by PRX Remix. The credit goes to David Mura, of course, who has a powerful story and tells it well. I just got to hold the mic. Though I did have the challenge of compressing a conversation about understanding and claiming his Japanese-American heritage--and using creative writing to talk about race--into just a few minutes.

When David Mura was growing up, he wanted to be white. Then he visited Japan and began to explore his Japanese-American heritage. That knowledge infused his writing — he's a poet, novelist and essayist — with a sharp wit about the long-term impact of World War II internment camps and ethnicity in America. KFAI's Emily Bright reports.