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UPDATE: For those who want to help Haiti, M.J. suggests there are two options for two different solid organizations. Ayiti Community Trust and Fokal. \xa0 and ************************************************************** Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks here with M.J. Fi\xe8vre, 9@MJ_Fievre), a -born writer and educator who has lived in\xa0\xa0since 2002. Her latest book is '.\xa0 \u201cThis book is a celebration, an affirmation, a history text, a little bit of memoir, and an exuberant prayer for the prosperity of Black women.\u201d \u2015Ashley M. Jones, author of\xa0Magic City Gospel Fi\xe8vre was born in and was educated there, going on to earn a\xa0\xa0from\xa0\xa0and a\xa0\xa0in Creative Writing from\xa0.\xa0She self-published her first mystery novel\xa0Le Feu de la vengeance at the age of 16. At age 19, she signed her first book contract for a Young Adult novel.\xa0Fi\xe8vre was editor for the 2012 anthology\xa0Ainsi parla la terre / T\xe8 a pale / So Spoke the Earth. She is secretary for Women Writers of Haitian Descent, an organization based in Florida. She has published stories in English and French in several American literary journals. She has worked as a translator and interpreter and taught at a\xa0\xa0in\xa0.\xa0Most recently, she has been a professor at\xa0. Fi\xe8vre is editor for the literary journal\xa0Sliver of Stone. She is the head of Florida publishing company Lominy Books.