M.F.A. alumna M.J. Fievre has edited
So Spoke the Earth, a Haiti anthology,
published by Women Writers of Haitian Descent, Inc. The collection of
essays, stories, and poems includes work in English, French, and Creole,
and is organized into three sections ("Death Was Lurking," "And the
Danger Came Rushing In," and "And the Truth Shall Make you Mad") in
which contributors explore Haiti's "past, present and future as
experienced by its diverse inhabitants—both native and non-native—over
the past four decades."
Fievre will be moderating a panel featuring contributor Edwige
Danticat at Miami Book Fair International. Among the contributors is current MFA student Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat.
Women Writers of Haitian Descent, Inc., is a literary organization founded
in 2002 to encourage the development of Haitian women writers and to
promote greater public awareness and appreciation of their work. Their
website is www.wwohd.org. For more on M.J. Fievre, see her website.
