Writing Across the City
Boone’s notebooks, poems, photographs, publications, and collected ephemera trace a creative life shaped by writing, messenger culture, and the Black literary communities around him.
Explore the Exhibition
Introduction
Meet Kurt Boone and explore the creative life, experiences, and communities that shape the Kurt Boone Papers.
Poetry & Notebooks
Manuscripts, notebooks, drafts, finished poems, and objects trace Boone’s writing from first ideas to completed work.
Couriers & the City
Photographs, video, books, and ephemera document Boone’s life within New York City bicycle messenger culture.
Black Literary Communities
Programs, publications, and ephemera place Boone within the gatherings and networks of Black literary life.
An Archive in Motion
Explore the acquisition of the Kurt Boone Papers and what it represents for the continued growth of Cave Canem’s archive.