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Stella Jean: The Haitian-Italian Designer Speaks on the Bicultural Influence Of Her Designs
Stella Jean combines her Italian and Haitian background to create some of the stunning pieces in her self-named fashion line. Born in...

Kreyolicious
4 min read


The Ladies Behind Bisoux Jewelry On Their Brand
The chic jewelry and accessories line Bisoux Jewelry is the handiwork of two sisters: Stephanie Lee and Vanessa Rigaud. The sisters took...

Kreyolicious
3 min read


Elsie Augustave: An Interview with the Author of The Roving Tree
Her debut novel The Roving Tree brings Haiti and the United States together through Iris Odys, a five-year-old girl whom we first meet...

Kreyolicious
8 min read


Register Now! Brevity in Nonfiction
I will be teaching a class for Lip Service: True Stories Out Loud. It’s a Flash Nonfiction workshop. Class meets 8 Thursday nights, 7:00...

MJ Fievre
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I Am Riding… around the world!
My children’s book, I AM RIDING! (grades 3-4) is now available on Amazon. I team up with illustrator Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre for this...

MJ Fievre
1 min read


Presenting…Singer-Songwriter Talie
Nathalie Cerin has been singing all her life, but it wasn’t until 2009 that the singer-songwriter-performer decided to seriously pursue a...

Kreyolicious
7 min read


Alexandra Foucard: An Interview with the Theater and Film Actress and Singer
Award-winning thespian Alexandra Foucard is what some might call a quad threat. You read correctly. She is a singer, a theater and film ...

Kreyolicious
8 min read


Dina Simon of My Haiti Travels Global: Helping Haiti Reclaim its Spot in World Tourism
Can Haiti’s tourism get its groove back? For Dina Simon of My Haiti Travels (MHT Global, LLC), that is the goal, and she won’t relent...

Kreyolicious
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Mahalia’s Pwason Gwo Sèl
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I drove to writer Mahalia Solages’ house with that wonderful sense of contended anticipation: we were to...

BABG
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Former Miss Haiti Universe Sarodj Durocher Bertin Making Her Film Debut
Sarodj Durocher Bertin is one of this century’s overachievers. She is a beauty queen. She has her own foundation Sarodj for a Purpose....

Kreyolicious
3 min read


Poto Mitan: A Documentary Honoring the Strength of Haitian Women
Haitian women are the lifeblood of Haitian society and Claudine Michel, Dr. Gina Athena Ulysse and co-directors Mark Schuller and Renée...

Kreyolicious
11 min read


Mahalia Solages on her 5 Favorite Books
Mahalia Solages’s fiction has been published by Kalyani Magazine, Momaya Press, and Almond Press; it's also appeared in a trilingual...

MJ Fievre
2 min read


(It’s More than Just) Cooking with Liliane
On Saturday, I had the privilege to attend a cooking class taught by accomplished Haitian chef and storyteller Liliane Louis, author of...

MJ Fievre
4 min read


Rachelle Salnave on Filmmaking and Documenting the Haitian Elite
Rachelle Salnave’s documentary La Belle Vie [The Good Life] is set to show a side of Haiti that remains hidden for the most part, even...

Kreyolicious
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One Moore Book: The Haiti Series
My trilingual children’s book, I am Riding, is getting published by One Moore Book as part of the Haiti Series, a collection of six...

MJ Fievre
5 min read


Vanessa Cantave: The Chef Talks Cooking and Entrepreneurship
Vanessa Cantave loved cooking so much, that she left a lucrative job that was paying her in six figures to launch a career as the...

Kreyolicious
5 min read


Evelyne Trouillot: An Interview with the Novelist
Evelyne Trouillot is the progeny of one of Haiti’s oldest literary families. Her uncle Hénock Trouillot was a novelist, sociologist and ...

Kreyolicious
10 min read


Our Model in Romania: An Interview with Antonnela Senatus
Call her Our Model in Romania, as Antonnela Senatus, 21, is the only known model from Haiti on the runways in that country. At designer ...

Kreyolicious
6 min read


BelTiFi Inc: Working Towards the Empowerment of Young Haitian Women
Are you a Bèl Ti fi? Well, are you? If you are working towards self-empowerment, achieving goals, and helping others in the Haitian ...

Kreyolicious
8 min read


Francie Latour on Haitian-American Identity, Culture and Biculturalism
When most people meet Francie Latour, they’re probably surprised to learn that she only has two hands. After all, she is a journalist, a...

Kreyolicious
7 min read


Interview: Singer Melly B or The Girl with the Big Pipes
Her name is Melly B—B as in Bosschaart, and Melly as in Mélina, and when you hear her sing a note, you’re certain you’ve heard a voice...

Kreyolicious
6 min read


Sika: An Interview with the Folk Rock Singing Sensation
Even before Jessica Valmé tells you that she’s influenced by Dolores O’Riordan it’s obvious in her voice and music: the trebles, the...

Kreyolicious
4 min read


Nadine Magloire: An Interview with the Groundbreaking Novelist
More than four decades after she first published her debut novel Le Mal de Vivre [The Agony of Living], Nadine Magloire remains a...

Kreyolicious
12 min read


Once Upon a Diva: An Interview with Tifane Sejour
Tifany Sejour, professionally known as Tifane, has an arresting voice. This fact is more than clear in her debut album Anprent,...

Kreyolicious
11 min read
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