Jean Toomer is known for the pseudo-novel Cane. Cane is a multi-genre work, blending short pieces of fiction with bits of poetry. Some characters are recurring, though overall the thematics are the most recurring aspects of the novel, and they mostly deal with the treatment of blacks in the South early in the twentieth century. This has allowed Cane to be broken up and anthologized, meaning that parts of it are widely read and well-known. The poems are some of the most well-known selections.
Its very title has an interesting duality, suggesting both the field labor of sugar cane, and, through homonymical suggestion, the mark of Cain, which had been falsely suggested was the cause for race.
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