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Jean Toomer

Born

in Washington, D.C., The United States

December 26, 1894

Died

March 30, 1967

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Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. His first book Cane, published in 1923, is considered by many to be his most significant. Of mixed race and majority European ancestry, Toomer struggled to identify as "an American" and resisted efforts to classify him as a black writer.

He continued to write poetry, short stories and essays. After his second marriage in 1934, he moved from New York to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where he became a member of the Religious Society of Friends (also known as Quakers) and retired from public life. His papers are held by the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University.

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	Cane by Jean Toomer, Darwin Turner (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 11,781 ratings — published 1923 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood-burning Moon 3.28 avg rating — 82 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essentials by Jean Toomer, Rudolph P. Byrd (Editor), Charles R. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Preface) 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Jean Toomer Reader: Selected Unpublished Writings by Jean Toomer, Frederik L. Rusch (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wayward and the Seeking: A Collection of Writings by Jean Toomer 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpretation of Friends Worship 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cane: Original, Unabridged & Illustrated 1923 Book by Jean Toomer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer 1894-1967 by Jean Toomer, John Chandler Griffin (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Drama of the Southwest: The Critical Edition of a Forgotten Play by Jean Toomer, Carolyn J. Dekker (Editor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman.”
― Jean Toomer, Cane

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“Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily.”
― Jean Toomer

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“We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.”
― Jean Toomer

tags: imagination

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Cane, by Jean Toomer

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Sanctuary, by William Faulkner

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The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe

3 votes 15.8%

Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South, by Shirley Abbott

3 votes 15.8%

Cakewalk, by Lee Smith

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A Long and Happy Life, by Reynolds Price

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