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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Jean Toomer (Day 17)

0 comments, 17/02/2012, by Mr. Blair, in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer a poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. His first book Cane is considered by many as his most significant. Toomer’s papers and unpublished manuscripts are held by the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Some of Toomer’s works are Cane, The Flavor of Man, The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer, and Problems of Civilization.

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