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RACE, IDENTITY, & NARRATIVE CRAFT IN WRITING
with DAVID MURA
IMBUE IDENTITY INTO YOUR STORIES
This lecture and discussion dives into narrative construction that can help your writing take off on a new level! The class will review how BIPOC writers approach race, ethnicity, and identity in creative writing, and then we'll explore how Western narrative principles/techniques can be used in fiction, non-fiction/memoir, and even playwriting. David Mura's curriculum is based on his book, A Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity & Narrative Craft in Writing, as well as excerpts by ZZ Packer, Gish Jen, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Garrett Hongo. The sooner you sign up, the more time you’ll have to read these handouts to get the most out of the class!
This class is designed for BIPOC artists 16+. The registration deadline is Feb 19 at 11:59 pm CT.
GENERAL INFORMATION
DATES
Feb 26, 6-9 pm CT
LOCATION
This MTI course will take place in person in Mu’s Community Room (755 Prior Ave. N, Suite 107, Saint Paul, MN 55104).
TUITION
$25 is the market value, but our Pay As You Are options start at $5. Payment is made when you register for the class. Send payment inquiries to info@theatermu.org.
We strive to voice the stories of the Asian American community, and in order to bring performances and programs to those communities, we are committed to making them as accessible as possible. PAY AS YOU ARE pricing asks those who routinely pay market value for workshops, seminars, and continuing education to choose to pay that amount; it is the actual fair market value of the offering. If a participant needs to pay less, they can choose to pay less.
ABOUT DAVID MURA
DAVID (he/him) is the author of 12 books of poetry, fiction, essays, and memoir (Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei; Where the Body Meets Memory). His latest book is The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives; his next is a series of autobiographical essays on his career as an Asian American artist and activist, Exit: Miss Saigon. He co-produced, wrote and narrated the TPT documentary on the Military Intelligence Service Japanese American linguists who served in the Pacific in WWII. He's written plays and performance pieces, including Internment Voices, which premiered at Mu. In 2024 he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.