In this excerpt from the memoir Jaguarman, Dutch writer Raoul de Jong explores the colonization of Suriname, the immigrant experience in the Netherlands, racism, and the absence of writers like Astrid Roemer from school curricula in favor of James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and other American writers.
For many readers in the United States, the literature of the Caribbean is a familiar one: Take Marlon James, Edwidge Danticat and Junot Díaz, for starters.
For many readers in the United States, the literature of the Caribbean is a familiar one: Take Marlon James, Edwidge Danticat and Junot Díaz, for starters.…
Roemer’s books bring Suriname, on the South American Caribbean coast, to the world. Her 2019 novel, “Off-White,” will be released in English this month.