This collection of unpublished writings by Jean Toomer offers new insight into the thinking of the author of Cane. Often spiritual in tenor, the range of works reproduced here trace the evolution of a complex philosophy of kinship and self-determination through which Toomer hoped to transcend social and cultural definitions of race. Presenting a varied assemblage of correspondence, poetry, short fiction, and essays, Professor Rusch provides shape and focus for a collection of works by an author overdue for scholarly rediscovery in American classrooms.