Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer (26.12. 1894–30.3. 1967) bio je američki pjesnik i romanopisac koji se smatra važnom ličnosti Harlemske renesanse.
Toomer je rođen u Washingtonu kao Nathan Pinchback Toomer u rasno miješanoj porodici. Školovao se u segregiranim školama za bijelce i crnce, ali se odbijao izjasniti kao bijelac ili crnaca sve dok nije dobio posao direktora škole u gradu Sparta u Georgiji. Tamošnja iskustva s rasnom segregacijom su ga natjerala da se počne izjašnjavati kao crnac.
Godine 1923. objavio je roman Cane koji se smatra jednim od najvažnijih djela američke crne književnosti. Njegova kasnija djela nisu doživjela veliki uspjeh, a godine 1940. se priključio kvekerima i polako počeo povlačiti iz javnog života.
- Cane (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923)
- Written during the Harlem Renaissance, Cane is a collection of poems and short narratives that examine the African-American condition both in the South as well as in Washington, D.C. around the time of its publication.
- Problems of Civilization, by Ellsworth Huntington, Whiting Williams, Jean Toomer and others, (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1929)
- Essentials: Definitions and Aphorisms (Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1931)
- An Interpretation of Friends Worship (Philadelphia: Committee on Religious Education of Friends General Conference, 1947)
- The Flavor of Man (Philadelphia: Young Friends Movement of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1949)
- The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer (1980)
- Review of Portage Potential
- Review of Shadows of Heaven
- Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer Arhivirano 2005-03-30 na Wayback Machine-u
- Essay on Cane
- Online Toomer bio Arhivirano 2007-09-27 na Wayback Machine-u
- Essay on Toomer and Class Arhivirano 2007-04-05 na Wayback Machine-u
- Biography of Tommer and his works
