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Because You Were Chosen is Ivory Bennett’s first published memoir. Ivory spent seventeen years in the foster care system due to her mother’s extreme mental illnesses - each movement in this choreopoem is dedicated to the sacred lessons her mother was able to teach her, both directly and indirectly. This brief work is the first of many that Ivory plans to publish. Ivory Bennett graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014 with a dual degree in Africana Studies and English Literature with a minor in Theatre Arts (Performance).
This item was purchased with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon. Institute of Museum and Library Services: http://www.imls.gov
This item was purchased with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon. Institute of Museum and Library Services: http://www.imls.gov
Publication
Ivory Kierston Bennett (2017), Edition: 2, 56 pages
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0578196778 / 9780578196770
Physical description
56 p.; 9 inches