Bronx Council on the Arts: Memoir Project

This program will take place at the Jerome Park Library Commuinity Room

The Bronx Memoir Project (BMP) is a community-based writing project that encourages a cross-generational, multi-ethnic collective of Bronx residents to tell their stories firsthand. Participants engage in free workshops, led by a professional writers, culminating in the opportunity to submit their work for publication in the Bronx Memoir Project Anthology.

BCA's Bronx Memoir Project (BMP) Workshop Series continues with Series III: Place and Time: An Exploration of Setting as Character and Plot led by Melissa Coss Aquino, PhD at the Jerome Park Library (118 Eames Place, Bronx, NY 10468). This free hybrid workshop series is open to all regardless of writing experience.  

Memoir is often situated in specific places. However, more often than not, the places are a kind of backdrop. A place where things happen. In Place and Time, writers will explore the many ways that place shapes characters and infuses plot lines with unexpected twists and turns. Memoir is often driven by the questions: Who am I? and What happened to me? In this series, attendees will explore the questions: Where Am I? and How did that impact who I am?

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