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SUMMARY:“Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry”
LOCATION:Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library\, 121 Wall Street\, New H
 aven\, CT 06511
DESCRIPTION:“Cave Canem” will be on view at Beinecke Library from Oct. 19\
 , 2026 through May 30\, 2027.\n\n“Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry” ex
 plores the formation and impact of this groundbreaking poetry collective 
 founded by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady. Recognizing a need fo
 r spaces dedicated to the development of Black poetry\, Derricotte and Ea
 dy created Cave Canem (from the Latin\, “beware of the dog”) in 1996\, an
  annual summer intensive workshop for Black poets at all stages of their 
 writing lives.\n\nIn the years since\, Cave Canem has evolved into a dyna
 mic and enduring poetry community and a force in literary arts advocacy. 
 Drawing on archival materials and poetry from the Cave Canem Records and 
 from the literary papers of the two founding poets\, “Cave Canem: A Home 
 for Black Poetry” features manuscripts\, correspondence\, photographs\, b
 ooks\, and poems to reveal the extraordinary ways Cave Canem and its poet
 s have changed the face of American poetry.\n\nCurator: Nancy Kuhl\, Amer
 ican Literature\n\nPlease join us on Thursday\, November 12\, 2026 for th
 e opening celebration of “Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry\,” as well 
 as the exhibitions “Beauty Unadorned: “Fire!!” and the Harlem Renaisance\
 ,” and Satire\, Sympathy\, and Social Critique: William Hogarth’s Progres
 s Prints. Remarks begin at 4:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the p
 ublic.\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/ff0c7b43-0855-429e-99dd-c7709eca0e0
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