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15 Views of Miami
Edited by Jaquira Diaz and published by Burrow Press, 15 Views of Miami is a literary portrait of the Magic City told in fifteen loosely...
MJ Fievre
2 min read


Haitian Recipe: Blanc-manger coco
I made a delicious blanc-manger coco when Mother visited for Christmas last year, and I thought I’d share the recipe. I learned to make...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


Nayeli Fanfan: The Art of Being a Diva
Modern chic. Sophisticated classic. Fashion model Nayeli Fanfan is a total babe! Born and raised in Port-au-Price, Haiti, Nayeli started...
MJ Fievre
3 min read


Fayola Nicaisse: The Art of Beautiful
Fayola Nicaisse is a business woman and a bit of a philanthropist. She is the creator of Ebene, a truly natural line of products made...
MJ Fievre
4 min read


Zaya Solange: The Dynamic Lead Singer of One of Canada’s Hottest Bands Sounds Off
The funkadelik, laid-back style of Static Gold has made the group one of the hottest Montreal-based bands in Canada. Members Zaya...
Kreyolicious
4 min read


Chinwa: The Complete and Untold Story of Chinese Haitians
Chinese presence in the Caribbean is concentrated mostly in Jamaica, but did you know that at one point there was a trickle of...
Kreyolicious
7 min read


An Interview With Author, Writer and Essayist Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay an all-around creative soul. She’s an editor, professor, and writer. She’s not busy scribbling away in a loft in New York...
Kreyolicious
3 min read


Interview with Community Leader Charlene Bathelus
(Community Leader Charlene Bathelus On Building A Career, Character And How To Fight Discouragement and Obstacles) Charlene Bathelus is...
Kreyolicious
11 min read


O, Miami Lit Crawl
Lit Crawl, a bar crawl with literary readings, officially began in San Francisco in 2006. But really it began thousands of years earlier...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


UM Libraries: Interview With Michèle Jessica Fièvre
From the University of Miami Special Collection: “Interview with Michèle Jessica Fièvre, a writer who grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


How Karen Dupiche Became Queen of The Celebrity Makeup Game
The number seven will always maintain a significant place in the life of celebrity makeup artist Karen Dupiche. It’s the number of years...
Kreyolicious
3 min read


Cybille St. Aude On Writing Her First Children’s Book Elsie
Cybille St. Aude has a heap of reasons to be proud. She is the author of the kiddie illustrated book Elsie, published as part of One More...
Kreyolicious
3 min read


Young, Gifted And Artsy: Inside The World of Painter Sagine Cavé
Sagine Cavé transports her innermost soul into each painting she creates. Born in Canada to parents who immigrated to Canada as...
Kreyolicious
2 min read


Multi-Faceted Artist Nzingah Oniwosan On Her Jewelry Line
Nzingah Oniwosan is at the same time a dancer, dramatist, spoken-word artist, dancer, musician, and jewelry designer. Born in Miami to ...
Kreyolicious
2 min read


Vona/Voices and Dismantle Launch Party at AWP
Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop “VONA has been an astonishingly rich source of great talent and...
BABG
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2014 AWP Conference in Seattle: “The Haiti I Know”
“The Haiti I Know” at the 2014 AWP Conference in Seattle Room 606, Washington State Convention Center, Level 6 Each year, AWP holds its...
MJ Fievre
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The Haiti I Know: So Spoke the Earth at the 2014 AWP Conference
2014 AWP Conference Room 606, Washington State Convention Center, Level 6 Friday, February 28, 2014 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm A trilingual...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


MJ’s Legim ak Sirik: A Haitian Recipe
Crabs and vegetables… You will need: 6 Chayote Squash, peeled, cored, and chopped Eggplants, peeled and chopped 1 Bunch of Watercress,...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


Re-Imagining Haiti: from Revolution to Reconstruction
I was a guest at the University of Miami today, along with author Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Re-Imagining Haiti: from Revolution to...
MJ Fievre
1 min read

Soul Singer and Performer Bella Forté On Music And Her Creative Journey
Jazz and soul singer Bellande Montour was born in Montreal, Canada—the third child of a family of four—to Haitian parents. She goes by...
Kreyolicious
4 min read


Haiti Noir: The Classics
Since the other day I’ve been raving about “Dark Days in Port-au-Prince,” an exquisite corpse style story—a serial story in which each...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


Painter Belina Wright On The Influence of Heritage
Painter Belina Wright On The Influence of Heritage On Her Art + How She Battles Artistic Procrastination Belina Buisson Wright found the...
Kreyolicious
5 min read


Former Miss Haiti Sarodj Bertin on Branding Herself as an Actress and Entrepreneur
Sarodj Durocher Bertin has had a great number of beauty pageant titles to her name, including Miss Haiti and Miss HispanoAmerica. But,...
Kreyolicious
4 min read


Former Miss Ontario Globe Medjy Mezilus Talks Beauty, Staying Fit, And Going Natural
There are few pageant winner crowns that haven’t found their way on Medjy Mezilus’ head. Mezilus won the Miss Canada Globe tiara in 2012....
Kreyolicious
6 min read
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