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Jean Toomer
(1894 - 1967)

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Writer and philosopher Jean Toomber was born Nathan Pinchback Toomber on 26th December 1894. His parents, Nathan Toomber and Nina Pinchback, were of African-American descent, however, the family could all pass for white. In 1895 Nathan Toomber abandoned his family and Nina and Nathan Jr were forced .. .. more >>

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"Meanwhile, the men, with vestiges of pomp,
Race memories of king and caravan,
High-priests, an ostrich, and a juju-man,
Go singing through the footpaths of the swamp."
Jean Toomer (1894-1967), U.S. poet. Georgia Dusk (l. 17-20). . . Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company.

"O singers, resinous and soft your songs
Above the sacred whisper of the pines,
Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,
Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs."
Jean Toomer (1894-1967), U.S. poet. Georgia Dusk (l. 25-28). . . Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company.

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Lamont Palmer (2/19/2006 7:35:00 AM)
Largely obscure now, but a very fine poet in his day.

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Jean Toomer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894–March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Toomer

The JEAN TOOMER PAGES
Biography, portraits of Toomer and his family, bibliography, three short stories and some poems.
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/jean-toomer.html

Jean Toomer Biography
Jean Toomer's family was not typical of migrating African-Americans settling in the North, or fleeing the South. Each of his maternal grandparents were born ...
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/toomerbio.html

Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
Biography, literary criticism of some of his poems, three articles by Toomer.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/toomer/toomer.htm

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