Messenger Poet Show documents New York City bicycle messenger culture through footage of messengers riding through the city, including Kurt Boone. The video concludes with Boone reciting his poem “Cycle and Run,” bringing together the two practices at the center of his work: movement through the city and poetry.
Flyer for Monster Track XVII, an annual New York City alleycat race. As part of the organizing team, Kurt Boone was responsible for sponsorship and creating the event flyer.
Racers and organizers of the annual Monster Track alleycat race in New York City. Pictured from left: Kurt Boone, JC Ramirez, Alfred Bobe, and Chris Thormann.
This blue notebook brings together Boone’s poetry, bicycle messenger work, and planning for events and other projects between 2013 and 2016. Its pages include an early handwritten draft of “Remember the Butler” and materials documenting the planning of Monster Track XVII, including Boone’s work securing sponsorship and creating the event flyer. The notebook offers a view into the intersections of Boone’s writing, creative practice, and life within New York City’s bicycle messenger community.
Harlem Rising is an unpublished 1998 manuscript by Kurt Boone, accompanied by an introduction by Renee Ashmeade. It includes seven typed pages of Boone’s writing and one handwritten page.
