Lessons in Gratitude : A Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health /
Dworkin, Aaron P.,
Lessons in Gratitude : A Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health / by Aaron P. Dworkin. - 1 online resource. - Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan Series . - Campus voices: stories of excellence from the University of Michigan series. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Open Access
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-music.
9780472904761
Dworkin, Aaron P.
Sphinx Organization.
Personnes noires--Identite ethnique--États-Unis.
Personnes noires dans les arts du spectacle--États-Unis.
Adoption interraciale--États-Unis.
Musiciens noirs americains--Biographies.
Violonistes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Black people--Race identity--United States.
Black people in the performing arts--United States.
Adoptees--United States--Biography.
Interracial adoption--United States.
African American musicians--Biography.
Violinists--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
ML418.D99
787.2092 B
Lessons in Gratitude : A Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health / by Aaron P. Dworkin. - 1 online resource. - Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan Series . - Campus voices: stories of excellence from the University of Michigan series. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Open Access
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-music.
9780472904761
Dworkin, Aaron P.
Sphinx Organization.
Personnes noires--Identite ethnique--États-Unis.
Personnes noires dans les arts du spectacle--États-Unis.
Adoption interraciale--États-Unis.
Musiciens noirs americains--Biographies.
Violonistes--États-Unis--Biographies.
Black people--Race identity--United States.
Black people in the performing arts--United States.
Adoptees--United States--Biography.
Interracial adoption--United States.
African American musicians--Biography.
Violinists--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
ML418.D99
787.2092 B