David Mura sa vo svojej tvorbe zameriava primárne na témy rasy, identity a histórie. Jeho písanie je hlboko osobné, no zároveň univerzálne, skúmajúc zložité prepojenia medzi minulosťou a prítomnosťou. Mura precízne prechádza medzi žánrami, od poézie cez romány až po autobiografické eseje, a vždy pritom ponúka prenikavý pohľad na ľudskú skúsenosť. Jeho literárny hlas je jedinečný, silný a nezabudnuteľný.
"From the country's founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura unmasks how white stories about race attempt to erase the brutality of the past and underpin systemic racism in the present. Mura shows how deeply we need to change our racial narratives to dissolve the myth of Whiteness and fully acknowledge the experiences of Black Americans"-- Provided by publisher
The first memoir of a Japanese-American of this generation, Turning Japanese chornicles a quest for identity with honesty, intelligence, and poetic vision. Turning Japanese will long stand as a classic meditation on difference and assimilation and a valuable window onto a country that has long fascinated our own.