Jean Toomer

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him that he would go out and explore the waters, and he recalls these times in a lot of his writings.(Bloom & Smith)
In 1909, Nina Pinchback died suddenly from complications following an appendectomy; soon after, Toomer returned to Washington D.C. to live with the Pinchbacks. His grandparents had under gone some huge changes since he had last lived there; they suffered from financial problems, so they moved from their up-town mansion into a middle-class section of town. In 1910, for the first time in Jean Toomer’s life, he found himself living in close contact with significant numbers of black people, but for him this was a joy and he took full advantage of the experience. While here he attended the M Street High School, which is one of the most famous black secondary schools in the country, and he did very well. In the following year or so he was tormented by sexual anxieties that left him emotionally drained also he and his grandfather were in constant struggles about money. After graduating from high school, Toomer had several months to contemplate his colle...