| The Music of the Netherlands Antilles Jan Brokken was a journalist for several major Dutch newspapers. He is author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novels The Blind Passengers , The Sad Champion , Jungle Rudy , In the Poet's House , and Baltic Souls . His works have been translated into several languages. Scott Rollins has been a cultural entrepreneur for more than forty years. He has published three volumes of poetry and is translator of Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname and Boom's Blues: Music, Journalism, and Friendship in Wartime , both published by University Press of Mississippi. |