So Spoke the Earth: Giving Haiti Voice with Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Moderated by M.J. Fievre
Saturday, Nov. 17, 10:30 a.m., Batten (Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Joanne Hyppolite
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J.Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Hyppolite is the author of Seth and Samona and Ola Shakes it Up.
Edwidge Danticat
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J.Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Edwidge Danticat has written and edited several books and anthologies across many genres, from fiction, memoir, mystery and suspense, essay, short stories, young adult, and children’s stories. Her awards include an American Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and a MacArthur Fellows Program Genius grant.
Liliane Nérette-Louis
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J.Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Liliane Nérette-Louis has served twice as a master artist in the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program, and has twice won the Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in Folk Arts. She is the author of When Night Falls, Kric! Krak! Haitian Folktales. Louis is also an extremely accomplished cook, frequently offering Haitian cooking courses through Miami-Dade College and other institutions.
Mahalia Solages
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J. Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Solanges is the author of the illustrated children’s books What Morning Is This? and What Trip Is This?
Chantalle Francesca Verna
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J.Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Chantalle Francesca Verna is Associate Professor of History, Politics and International Relations at Florida International University.
Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J. Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Theodore-Pharel is the author of the picture books I’ll Fly Away, A Fish Called Tanga, Keeper of the Sky, Daughter of the House, and One More Daughter, America.
M.J. Fievre
In the trilingual (English, French, Creole) anthology So Spoke the Earth (Women Writers of Haitian Descent), edited by M.J. Fievre, celebrated Haitian writers contribute to a new anthology that celebrates Haitian spirit, multiculturalism, and diversity. Contributors include Joanne Hyppolite, Edwidge Danticat, Liliane Nerette-Louis, Mahalia Solages, Chantalle Francesca Verna, and Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Born in Port-au-Prince, M.J. Fievre is the author of several mystery novels and children’s books in French. Her latest publications include Les Fantasmes de Sophie and Sortilège Haïtien.
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Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Batten (Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106)
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