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Edwidge Danticat on the Writing Process, and Her New Novel Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat has an obsession with the sea, from The Children of the Sea, a harrowing story from her short story collection Krik?...
Kreyolicious
6 min read


Rachèle Magloire and Chantal Regnault: What Becomes of the Abruptly Deported
(What Becomes of the Abruptly Deported: Rachèle Magloire and Chantal Regnault Discuss Their Deportation Documentary) Deportation has...
Kreyolicious
11 min read


SuCh a Talent, SuCh a Voice: An Interview
Not too many singers can claim that their first major performance was at the Grammys. Su Charles can. As a member of the Jazz Ensemble...
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7 min read


The President’s Daughter: writer Ida Faubert (1883-1969) Remembered by Her Grandson
Ida Faubert led a fascinating life. She married twice, that in itself unusual for a Haitian woman of her era. She was born in...
Kreyolicious
6 min read


Melissa Laveaux: Interview With the Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist
If you were to meet Melissa Laveaux on the streets of Paris, you would swear that she’s just like any other girl about town. Sure, she ...
Kreyolicious
6 min read


Former New York Teen USA Lisa Drouillard on Beauty, Developing Confidence, and Being a Feminist
Former Miss Teen New York USA Lisa Elizabeth Drouillard has never fallen from the spotlight since her triumphant 2011 crowning. ...
Kreyolicious
7 min read

Dayana Mercier, Haiti’s Teen Music Sensation: An Interview
At 19, Dayana Mercier is one of Haiti’s biggest teen sensations. She is a college student, attending Université Quisqueya. She is a...
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2 min read


Melissa Beauvery: Spoken Word Artist Interview
Listening to the poetry flowing from the mouth of spoken word artist Melissa Beauvery is quite a treat. She makes her poetic...
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7 min read


Presenting…Designer Gaelle Pierre of the G’s Addiction Fashion Line
Some fashion design students can’t wait until they walk the stage so that they can get started with their fashion design careers....
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4 min read

Sophia Domeville: An Interview with the Visual Artist and Painter
The first time Sophia Domeville displayed showed talent for drawing, she was five years old. Little Sophia would draw on all the walls...
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Michele Stephenson Reflects on the Haiti Cultural Exchange Film Festival
One of the most looked-forward-to events of the New York-based organization Haiti Cultural Exchange is its annual film festival. In its ...
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How One T-Shirt Became an Entire Movement: An Interview with Paola Mathe
Paola Mathe is a lifestyle blogger, a photographer and writer. Most of all she is an entrepreneur, putting in place a t-shirt line Ansanm...
Kreyolicious
3 min read


Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin Balmir: An Interview
(Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin Balmir on Leadership and Revamping the Country into a Destination Hotspot) Stephanie...
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7 min read


Poet-Writer-Painter Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell: On Haiti, Identity and Her Writings
Marilene Phipps is just as fond of her paint brush as she is of her pen. She creates color-popping, religious-themed paintings. But she...
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10 min read

Young, Talented and Published: 14-Year-Old Author Nathalie Thelemaque on Her BookMisconceptions
Some folks spend all their lives daydreaming about writing a book “someday”, until “someday” comes and goes, and they’re lying on their ...
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3 min read


Designer Marie-Valerie Placide Discusses Her Fashion Line Bohiomania
Marie-Valerie Placide’s line Bohiomania is literally taking the fashion world by storm. The line is less than three years old, and ...
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7 min read


The Emeline Michel Interview: The Songstress on Love, Life and Her Career in Music
After a career that has spanned several decades, Emeline Michel doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone, but she hustles and bustles as...
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11 min read


Numa Perrier: An Interview with the Multi-Faceted Actress and Designer
Numa Perrier typifies what versatility really is. Perrier has acted in theatre, on television shows and films. She also has an active...
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4 min read


Noelle Theard, The Interview: Inside a Photographer’s World
Born in El Paso, Texas to a Haitian father and a French mother, Noelle Theard is a co-founder of FotoKonbit, a photography movement that...
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3 min read


04.13.13 O, Miami! Trilingual Poetry Workshop at MAM
O, Miami! Alongside poets Nick Vagnoni and Yaddyra Peralta, I conducted a free ekphrastic poetry workshop on April 13 at the Miami Art...
MJ Fievre
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Judging the “Dis-Moi Dix Mots” Contest
I’m among the judges of the “Dis-Moi Dix Mots” poetry contest launched by the Cultural Departments of the Consulate General of France and...
MJ Fievre
1 min read


How Two Female Entrepreneurs Are Planning to Revamp Haiti’s Hospitality Industry
Haiti’s hospitality and tourism industry will be flourishing if Martine Stephenson and Gabrielle Rigaud have the last word. Stephenson ...
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6 min read


April 13: Free Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
O, Miami! Along with poets Nick Vagnoni (English) and Yaddyra Peralta (Spanish), I’m going to conduct a FREE ekphrastic poetry workshop...
MJ Fievre
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Dr. Myrvine Bernadotte: How a Haitian-American Physician Found Her Calling Beyond Medicine
Myrvine Bernadotte is of that generational segment born in Boston, and raised by Haitian parents, who came to the United States in search...
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9 min read
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