Narrative Structure: Master Class with David Mura

Soul Bone Lit Fest & MIU's MFA in Creative Writing

This Master Class with David Mura is part of MIU's MFA in Creative Writing Residency.

In today&#x27;s master class, poet, writer, educator, and critic David Mura is back to talk about narrative structure, using material from his latest book, A Stranger&#x27;s Journey: Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing published by the University of Georgia Press.Long recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA, the LOFT, and the Stonecoast MFA, 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 technique-focused readings of writers such as James Baldwin, ZZ Packer, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Karr, and Garrett Hongo, while making compelling connections to his own life and work as a Japanese American writer.Today, Mura dives into the book&#x27;s second central question, which involves narrative structure. How does one tell a story? Mura provides clear, insightful narrative tools that any writer can 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.

Narrative Structure: Master Class with David Mura

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