Canne by Jean Toomer
A lyrical, impressionistic collage of poems and short prose pieces that traces Black life across the rural American South and the urban North, blending folklore, music, and vivid sensory detail to probe identity, desire, community, and racial violence; its fragmented, modernist structure moves between intimate character sketches and broader social tableaux, using songlike rhythms and sharp imagery to evoke the emotional and spiritual complexities of people negotiating history, migration, and memory.
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- Published
- 1923
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 120-200 pages
- Original Language
- English
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