Do you like The Whimsical Project? Support us! Despite the many limitations and expectations placed on women by Haitian society, women writers are finding their voices, inspiring others, and changing the way the world thinks about the motherland. Through poetry and … Continue reading Haiti: A Feast of Women’s Voices
“M.J. Fievre’s powerful memoir A Sky The Color of Chaos is a vivid, lyric account of the perils of growing up in Haiti. It brings the headlines to the heart and leaves an indelible mark on the mind.” ~ Dan … Continue reading Praise for A Sky the Color of Chaos
FotoKonbit is a non-profit organization which was created to empower Haitians to tell their own stories through photography. […] Inspired by the Creole word “konbit” which can be defined as the coming together of similar talents in an effort towards a … Continue reading Fotokonbit: Haitian stories through photographs
Check out the recorded event, Haiti Noir: The Classics, featuring Edwidge Danticat, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, and M.J. Fievre. M.J. contributed to the original best-selling Haiti Noir (Akashic Books, 2011), which comprised all new stories by today’s best Haitian authors. The new volume … Continue reading Recorded Event: Haiti Noir
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 participant builds off of what the previous participants have written, to create an original piece of fiction with … Continue reading Haiti Noir: The Classics
To celebrate the release of Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Edwidge Danticat, Akashic Books asked contributors from both of their Haiti Noir volumes to participate in an exquisite corpse style story—a serial story in which each participant builds off … Continue reading Dark Days in Port-au-Prince
To celebrate the release of Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, edited by Edwidge Danticat, Akashic Books asked contributors from both of their Haiti Noir volumes to participate in an exquisite corpse style story—a serial story in which each participant builds off … Continue reading Exquisite Corpse: Haiti Noir
End of Year Review 2013 — Children’s and YA Books. My friends Ibi Zoboi, Edwidge Danticat, Katia D. Ulysse, and Maureen Boyer are included. So am I (for my book, I Am Riding)! More info here. 1. Lizzy Lizard by … Continue reading End of Year Review: 2013 Caribbean Children’s and YA Books Continue Self-Publishing Trend
Jan Becker, on The Florida Book Review: Sunday, Nov. 24, 1:05 PM I stopped at the Akashic Books booth to see MJ Fievre who was signing their anthology Haiti Noir. That’s when I spied Edwidge Danticat, in the back of the … Continue reading Miami Book Fair International: Haiti Noir, the Classics
A note from writer Andrea Askowitz: If anyone cares, here are the authors I’m going to hear. There are so many great things I’m missing, but here are some highlights. SATURDAY, November 23 11:00: Joyce Maynard reading from her new book, After … Continue reading Andrea’s Guide to the Miami Book Fair International
The Florida Book Review | Published on : October 27 2013 | Christine Morando Click here to read the original article There’s been some hemming and hawing in Florida for the past few years that university graduates aren’t sticking around the state in high enough numbers … Continue reading Uncovering All That Glitters
Check out this article by Kat, blogger at Kreyolicious.com! She approached several experts about the future of Haitian literature: Dr. Martin Munroe, Director of the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies and a professor of French at Florida … Continue reading What’s in store for the future of Haiti’s literature?
After Edwidge Danticat singled me out in a recent New York Times interview, I was glad to offer my perspective on her work for an article in the Miami New Times. Below are links to read the article, written by Benjy Kaplan, … Continue reading Miami’s Literary Genius
There was a generous mention of me in Edwidge Danticat’s NY Times Book Review interview this month. It read: “Someone who writes extremely well both in French and English is Jessica Fièvre, who published her first novel in Haiti when she … Continue reading Shout-out from Edwidge Danticat