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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M 18 ARCH 22-28, 2019 BTR
Caceres reading his own work during a spoken word night at Bronx Native.
Photo courtesy of Josué Caceres
BX Writers lets Bronxites
express their creative side
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The Bronx’s new, innovative approach
to encouraging literacy, especially
among its youth, has begun at
Bronx Native, 127 Lincoln Avenue.
Aptly called the BX Writers, it’s
the passion project of brand manager
Josué Caceres to highlight the written
word of his fellow Bronxites.
Currently, he’s recruiting writers
from across the borough, with his fi nal
aim to publish a curated book of prose,
poetry and just about any form of the
written word about not only growing up
in the Bronx but about all aspects of life.
Capturing both the good and the bad.
“What we’re setting out to do is to
change the perception of the Bronx, to
give people from our borough a platform
and a chance to express themselves
they don’t ordinarily get,” Caceres
said.
He’s published his own works in
past years while also pursuing a passion
for fi lmmaking in the process,
taking inspiration from who other
than Martin Scorsese.
Caceres has already directed his
own short fi lm that promoted mental
health awareness with the assistance
of Bronx Native’s owner, Amaurys
Grullon.
Caceres’ inspiration to begin writing
came after he had read JD Salinger’s
‘A Catcher In The Rye’ during his
own coming of age.
After that he began to delve into
challenges and diffi culties he had endured
and witnessed while growing
up as a proud Dominican on the Grand
Concourse near East 167th Street.
“My grandfather had abused my
grandmother for some time and it was
never truly spoken about in my family,
so I wrote about that,” Caceres. “That
to me was something very freeing and
to have my grandmother’s blessing
to open up on what she had struggled
with was what made me want to continue,”
the creative added.
Experiences like those are why
Caceres does what he does, seeking
out fellow Bronx bibliophiles to weave
true and authentic narratives of their
uptown home.
“The Bronx is its own character in
my writing. There’s no other way to
describe it,” Caceres said.
“Not just in my writing but in the
submissions that I’ve gotten, there’s
just certain things about the borough
that everyone relates to when they
hear a certain word,” he continued.
Some of that familiarity comes
in the form of the ice slush man yelling
from the corner on a hot summer,
which just about any Bronxite can immediately
visualize and relate to.
“It’s things like that. Anyone from
the Bronx picks up these elements
right away. It just gives such a sense
of authenticity,” Caceres excitedly
shared.
As a matter of fact, Caceres infl uence
is part of why the Bronx Native
clothing store has its own literacy
section pulled mainly from Bronx authors.
Meanwhile, his BX Writers branch
of Bronx Native has been a collaborative
force for the borough, using spoken
word and open mic nights at Bronx
Native and elsewhere to enlighten the
rest of the world that the Bronx is in
fact bettering itself.
If you’re interested in being published
in BX Writers or simply want to
learn more about the project, visit the
Instagram bxwriters or the website
bronxnative.com/bxwriters for more.
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