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AMERICA Roots of Cane

BBC Radio 3
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Jean Toomer was just a mixed-up American intellectual until a chance trip to Georgia in the early 1920s awakened in him the black part of his identity and produced a southern masterpiece, Cane. In this programme compiled by David Perry , Hugh Quarshie reads from the book and from Toomer's letters and diary, with comment from the writer Toni Morrison on the man and his work.
Producer Piers Plownght

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Toomer
Unknown:
David Perry
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Hugh Quarshie
Unknown:
Toni Morrison
Producer:
Piers Plownght
Source: Radio Times

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