A selective bibliography of open access internet articles on Jean Toomer, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites
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Doreski, C.K. To Make a New Race: Gurdjieff, Toomer, and the Harlem Renaissance, African American Review, Summer, 2001
Dow, William. "Always your heart": the "great design" of Toomer's Cane - Jean Toomer - Critical Essay, MELUS, Winter, 2002
Fike, Matthew A. Jean Toomer and Okot p'Bitek in Alice Walker's "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" - Critical Essay, MELUS, Fall-Winter, 2000
Foley, Barbara. "In the land of cotton": economics and violence in Jean Toomer's 'Cane.' African American Review, Summer, 1998
Kodat, Catherine Gunther. To "Flash White Light from Ebony": The Problem of Modernism in Jean Toomer's Cane - Critical Essay, Twentieth Century Literature, Spring, 2000
Pardlo, Gregory A. The Trick of Transcending Race Black Issues Book Review, Jan, 2001
Reuben, Paul. Primary and secondary bibliography for Jean Toomer and a short biography, from Dr. Reuben's bibliography web site
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An introduction to Jean Toomer plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
A brief introduction to Jean Toomer from the Academy of American Poets
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