Dec 23, 2009

Cane | What Do I Read Next?

Toomer's miscellaneous writings, including plays, letters, and reviews, have been collected in The Wayward and the Seeking, edited by Darwin Turner.
Toomer's contemporary in the Harlem Renaissance Arna Bontemps, was responsible for many works of poetry, fiction and criticism. One of his most compelling works is God Sends Sunday, a novel based on the old blues tradition.
James Weldon Johnson was an African-American writer who preceded Toomer. Like Toomer, he struggled against being...