Criticism and Essays:
Race Problems and Modern Society, 1929
Earth-Being--The Autobiography of Jean Toomer, 1930
Essentials, (aphorisms and apothegms), 1931
Portage and Potention, 1932
An Interpretation of Friends Worship, 1947
The Flavor of Man (lecture), 1949

Teaching and Professional Appointments:
Substitute Principal, Sparta, Georgia, 1920-21
Teacher of Gurdjieff philosophy, Doylestown and New Hope, Pennsylvania

Affiliations and Memberships:
Jean Toomer was involved with the Gurdjieff movement from the 1920s. The philosophy appealed to some intellectuals and artists as an alternate spiritual path, promoting self awareness through specific exercises. He was also a part of and considered one of the originators of the Harlem Renaissance. A movement during the 1920s and 1930s, it was pioneered by African-American intellectuals who were seeking to change old stereotypes prevalent in white society.