David Mura: The Internment Lingers by KFAI's MinneCulture published on 2016-03-07T14:47:03Z When David Mura was growing up, he wanted to be white. Then he visited Japan and began to explore his Japanese-American heritage. That knowledge infused his writing — he's a poet, novelist and essayist — with a sharp wit about the long-term impact of World War II internment camps and ethnicity in America. KFAI's Emily Bright reports.