Jean Toomer | 1894-1967 1922 - Cane An experimental collection of poems, sketches, stories and a novella. Proclaimed a central work of the Renaissance, Cane's title references the cane fields of the poor black South. 1931 - Essentials A collection of sayings 1980 - The Wayward and the Seeking Works unpublished during Toomer's life, collected and edited by Darwin T. Turner