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Are We Being Too Demanding As Caribbean Readers?

The knee-jerk reaction to this is “No” but let’s think about it…

Is it ok to feel a way when a Caribbean author doesn’t use our language and our culture in their work?

We love reading novels and poetry from the Caribbean, especially ones written by Jamaican authors, but are we demanding in our expectations?

What’s up with publicists comparing Jamaican authors to each other when their styles and subject-matter are worlds apart?

Listen to Jherane, Kristina and Ashley on Like A Real Book Club talk about their complex relationship with Caribbean books and what we expect from them. This episode features a small clip from Olive Senior speaking about her writing (and why we don’t quite agree with Olive… gasp)

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Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Augustown by Kei Miller

The Cartographer Tries To Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller

A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes

The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon 

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

Johncrow Devil by Marlon James

PATSY by Nicole Dennis Benn 

Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn