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Lessons in gratitude : a memoir on race, the arts, and mental health / by Aaron P. Dworkin

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:
  • 9780472005765
  • 9780472904761
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780472076994. | 9780472056996. | Erscheint auch als: Lessons in gratitude. Druck-Ausgabe Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024DDC classification:
  • 787.2092 B 23/eng/20240423
LOC classification:
  • ML418.D99
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part I -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. Violin and Middle Passage -- 3. Chocolate City -- 4. Europe -- 5. Tarzan, Practicing & Searching -- 6. Interlochen -- 7. A Love at Penn State -- 8. Final Year at Penn State -- 9. Jumpstarting the Homeless -- 10. Dungeons, Dragons & Miracles with Robin Williams -- 11. Reconciliation Tour -- 12. The Angel -- Part II -- 13. Unearthing the Sphinx -- 14. Becoming Strong -- 15. A Mirror for my Soul -- 16. There was Moore to Life -- 17. I Reach for Oprah -- 18. A Detroit Renaissance -- 19. Picture Perfect
20. A New Place for My Heart -- 21. Uncommon Genius -- 22. (Fund)raising the Dream -- 23. Getting to Carnegie Hall -- 24. Building Beyond Oneself -- Part III -- 25. A Change in Direction -- 26. Dean of the Big Blue -- 27. A Noah Crisis -- 28. The Spirit Endures -- 29. Family and My Boys -- About the Author -- Index
Summary: Lessons in Gratitude tells the story of Aaron Dworkin, a MacArthur Fellow, social entrepreneur, and spoken word artist who has dedicated his life's work to changing the face of classical arts in the world. The themes of persistence, passion, and loyalty shine through stories of an unhappy childhood, a lifelong search for identity, and the obstacles of race, culture, and class. Readers will learn how the author greets these challenges and how they drove him to make a difference for people who are shut out of opportunity. Persistence in the face of multiple failures and false starts ultimately led Dworkin to create the Sphinx Organization, whose mission is to address the underrepresentation of Black and Latinx people in the field of the classical arts. Aaron's unique journey, which begins with his adoption by a white Jewish couple from Chicago at two weeks of age, leads him to the ultimate reunification with his birth family at the age of 31. Lessons of Gratitude is a coming of age story that examines the difficulties of biracial identity across generations and the challenges that mixed race families still face today. It is also a painful and honest adoption memoir, further complicating the narrator's experiences of racial identity throughout his life and shaping his experiences with his own children. Through his work in the arts and the impact of this work, Dworkin has been able to "pay forward" the first thing that offered him unconditional love-musicPPN: PPN: 1916210317Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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