Read my Beautiful View on The Nervous Breakdown. I wrote an essay in TNB Books’ new collection, The Beautiful Anthology, “about [my] beautiful mother and [my] father’s unpredictable and violent mood swings.” Continue reading Beautiful Views: M.J. Fievre
I’m editing this very cool anthology. See the trailer here: NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Why this book? On January 12, 2010, there was “a terrible noise of earth shaking and houses cracking. And then: the cries of men and the … Continue reading So Spoke the Earth
M.J. is in the Beautiful Anthology, coming out Spring 2012. “Subverting timeworn clichés about beauty, this book delivers a fresh exploration of everything from body art and big noses to musical ‘perfection’ and misguided parenting. It’s a stunning, unforgettable collection.” … Continue reading The Beautiful Anthology
“My favorite pieces [in Haiti Noir] were the stories by M.J. Fievre, for its blunt honesty, and by Nadine Pinede.” Joy Castro “In M.J. Fievre’s Rainbow’s End, a comely eighteen year old realizes too late that she has got herself … Continue reading The Rainbow’s End: Around the Web
“What we do care about are adolescents flirting with disaster, and hovering between the line of fun and danger, much like many of us have in the past. M.J. Fievre’s The Rainbow’s End captures the high stemming from a teenager’s defiance and … Continue reading The Rainbow’s End: Mention on Hip Magazine
Edwidge Danticat is joined Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami for a reading and discussion with contributing writers M.J. Fievre and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel on Saturday, January 22. The event is presented in collaboration with … Continue reading Haiti Noir at MOCA
M.J. contributed to Haiti Noir. “What we do care about are adolescents flirting with disaster, and hovering between the line of fun and danger, much like many of us have in the past. M.J. Fievre’s The Rainbow’s End captures the high stemming from … Continue reading Haiti Noir: “The Rainbow’s End”
From Kreyolicious Magazine: M.J. Fièvre’s “The Rainbow’s End” recounts an episode in the life of a precocious teenager during the embargo-imposed 1990s and the older, reckless man of ill-gotten gains that she falls in lust with, while in Nadine Pinède’s … Continue reading The Rainbow’s End: Mention on Kreyolicious
Haiti’s Dark Side (2010) A maggot-infested “half-dead man” and a toxic trash heap — “a gash in the earth that eats up everything” — both figure in Haiti Noir, the lastest collection of short stories in the Akashic Books Noir series. The collection … Continue reading Beached Miami: Haiti’s Dark Side
The Florida Book Review Covers the Miami Book Fair International (2010) Continue reading Miami International Book Fair: M.J. on the Haiti Noir Panel
Becca Griesemer is a Staff Writer for The Beacon Sunday, November 21, 2010 at the Miami Book Fair International Michele Jessica “M.J.” Fievre, 29, is a Haitian-born published author. She is currently in FIU’s creative writing graduate program working on … Continue reading Interview with Becca Griesemer
Haiti is an island nation in which the noir genre may feel more like realism. Still, the writers on the panel — Danticat, Mark Kurlansky, M.J. Fievre, and Marie K. Theodore-Pharel — inspired with their ability to craft literature out … Continue reading Haiti Noir at the Miami International Book Fair
See the slideshow on nbcmiami.com: Miami Book Fair: Local Authors Get their Lit On (2010) M.J. Fievre: teacher, creative writing grad student, contributor to “Haiti Noir.” Catch her: Sunday, noon. Pavilion A. Her work, past and future: When I was in Haiti, I wrote children’s … Continue reading Local Authors Get their Lit On
Local Authors Cover It All Sunday at Book Fair (2010) Continue reading Local Authors Cover It All Sunday at Book Fair