Quote of the day
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.
Jean Toomer
Born: December 26, 1894
Died: March 30, 1967 (aged 72)
Bio: Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. His first book Cane, published in 1923, is considered by many to be his most significant.
Known for:
- The Wayward and the Seeking