Bronx Memoir Project: Vol. 1

The Bronx Memoir Project: Vol. 1 is a published anthology by The Bronx Council of the Arts and brought forth through a series of workshops meant to empower Bronx residents and shed the stigma on the Bronx's burning past.^[1]

History

The Bronx Memoir Project was created as an ongoing collaboration between The Bronx Council on the Arts and other cultural institutions including: The Bronx Documentary Center, The Bronx Library Center, Poe Park Visitor Center, Mindbuilders as well as other institutions and funded through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.^[2][3] The goal was to develop and refine memoir fragments written by people of all walks of life that share a common bond residing within the Bronx.^[2]

In March 2014, The Bronx Council on the Arts held writing workshops throughout the borough with the goal of capturing the great diversity of the Bronx.^[4] The workshops brought Bronx residents together from all walk of life but was focused on: youth, seniors and families; and had them participate in a series of workshops. The workshops facilitated by the Bronx Council of the Art director, Charlie Vazquez ^[1][2] cultivated one's craft in memoir writing, and allowed them to use it as a tool to capture the Bronx through their prospective and away from the Bronx's burning past.^[1]

The participants in the workshops had some of their memoir pieces published in an anthology "Bronx Memoir Project Vol-1".^[1]

Bronx Memoir Project Volume 1

Bronx Writers Center Director Charlie Vazquez & Writer Nahshon Anderson at the Bronx Council on Arts Brio grant ceremony 2014.

Published in November 2014 by BCA Media and edited by Bronx Writer Center Director, Charlie Vazquez.^[5] This is published anthology of memoir pieces written by participants in the workshop.^[2][6][7] A first of its kind anthology that bring readers into the Bronx through the eyes of its residents.

Participating Writers

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