Jean Toomer

About The Author

Jean Toomer (1894–1967) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright. His modernist work Cane was an inspiration for many African American authors.

Books by Jean Toomer

A Drama of the Southwest

The Critical Edition of a Forgotten Play

By Jean Toomer
Edited by Carolyn J. Dekker
Jean Toomer (1894–1967) was a modernist writer, a member of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly part of the literary and artistic community that grew up around Mabel Dodge Luhan in Taos, New Mexico. This book, a critical edition of a previously unpublished 1935 manuscript, makes A Drama of the...
Learn More
BACK TO TOP