Angels for the Burning
Rare and Signed, Poetry

Angels for the Burning

by David Mura


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 that 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. Angels for the Burning attempts this task.

Internment Camp Psychology

circa 1945

Just after his release Mas took a psychological test.

Three questions he never forgot: Do you think

people are out to get you?  Do you feel you are

being followed?  When you see a crowd of strangers

walking toward you, do you try to avoid them?

To all three he answered yes.

And knew he sounded insane.

FormatPaperback (Signed), Paperback
Publication DateNovember 1, 2004
ISBN9781929918584

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About the Author

David Mura

About the Author

David Mura is the author of three collections of poetry including Angels for the Burning (Boa, 2004). He is also a creative nonfiction writer, critic, playwright, and performance artist. A third-generation Japanese American, he has written intimately about his life as a man of color and the connections between race, sexuality, and history. Mura teaches at Hamline University, VONA (Voices of the Nation Association), and in the Stonecoast MFA program. For more information about David Mura, visit www.davidmura.com

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