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news.cornell.edu > stories > 2026 > 09 > how-writer-jean-toomer-envisioned-american-race-beyond-color

How writer Jean Toomer envisioned an American race beyond color

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (435+ words) Poet and novelist Jean Toomer (1894–1967) was among the most influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance, and his 1923 modernist novel “Cane” inspired generations of Black writers and is considered a masterwork in African American literature. Yet he refused to identify as…...