Cane A New Critical Edition

Considered a masterpiece of American modernist literature, Jean Toomer's Cane calls down through time from the Harlem Renaissance. First published in 1923, Cane was unlike anything published before and in 2023 it remains a necessary alternative to the conventions of literature and publishing. With this 100th anniversary celebration of Cane, we reimagine the critical edition as an invitation to wonder, speculate, imagine and create. We present our beautifully designed, faithful edition of the genre-defying classic along with a deck of striking, large-format oracular cards. Black thinkers and makers from across and between creative, scholarly and community practices have convened for this project. They offer their insights in the form of prompts, gestures, images, questions, calls to respond?each presented on a card, paired with an evocative, timeless quote from Cane. Readers can use the deck and book together for insight into Cane, or can use the cards on their own for creative inspiration and insight into themselves. Included in Cane: A New Critical Edition:Our beautifully designed, faithful edition of Cane by Jean ToomerA boxed deck of 50+ large-format oracular cardsA companion booklet with more insights into the book and cards, information about contributors and an index of the book's images, ideas and themes.