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100	1		_aDworkin, Aaron P., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLessons in Gratitude : _bA Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health / _cby Aaron P. Dworkin.
264		1	_aAnn Arbor : _bUniversity of Michigan Press, _c2024.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2024
264		4	_c©2024.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCampus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan Series
500			_aIncludes index.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520	3		_aLessons 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.
542	1		_fThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License _uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aDworkin, Aaron P.
610	2	0	_aSphinx Organization.
650		6	_aPersonnes noires _xIdentite ethnique _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aPersonnes noires dans les arts du spectacle _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aAdoption interraciale _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aMusiciens noirs americains _vBiographies.
650		6	_aViolonistes _zÉtats-Unis _vBiographies.
650		0	_aBlack people _xRace identity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBlack people in the performing arts _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAdoptees _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aInterracial adoption _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAfrican American musicians _vBiography.
650		0	_aViolinists _zUnited States _vBiography.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan), _epublisher.
776	1	8	_iPrint version: _aDworkin, Aaron P. _tLessons in gratitude _dAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024 _z9780472076994 _w(DLC) 2024014454
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aCampus voices: stories of excellence from the University of Michigan series.
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/125874/
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