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Keynote speakers at the conference include contemporary Asian-American writers David Mura and Meena Alexander...
...Mura, a third generation Japanese-American, described how racism and the Japanese internment. during World War II affected Asian-Americanidentity at his poetry reading, sponsored by theReischauer Institute and the Asian-AmericanAssociation...
...Asian men. In traditional Chinese thinking, learning and negotiation were the preferred paths to true manhood. More modern roles can be found in characters like "My Grandfather" in Red Sorghum or Wittman Ah Sing in Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey and in the work of writers like David Mura, Gus Lee and David Wong Louie. They are not always the heroes we would like them to be, but they are appealing, active, sexual, powerful people...
...Fauna Cat Lovers Club in Dzerzhinsky, where the editors conducted a random taste test with some finicky felines. Last week, in an article titled "May the Cats Judge Us," the paper reported the results of its poll: out of 30 cats, only a two-month-old kitten named Mura would deign to dine on the suspect sausage. Asked the Gazeta: "All kitties, like Mura, must loyally love sausage. That's the way it's always been since man thought up sausage. But why, the devil take them, won't they eat it? And why do we continue...
...Steve Mura, now out of the major leagues, led the 1982 Cardinals in victories, but manager Whitey Herzog chose not to pitch him in the playoffs or World Series, and left him unprotected in the free agent compensation pool that winter. Mura's departure was the first move in the breakup of that World Series champion. Two points each for naming the compensation the Cardinals received for trading away these key players from their World Series winner...