PUBLISHER’S COMMENTS Samuel Diaz Carrion has been part of the Nuyorican landscape for years, writing poetry, and working as an activist. He was there when the founders of the movement decided to turn a negative into a positive by adopting a pejorative in defiance of others; and he was there when Miguel Algarin and Pedro […]
Tara Betts’s Website PUBLISHER’S COMMENTS Tara Betts has had an extraordinary career as a spoken word artist, activist, poet, teacher, and scholar. Coming from Chicago, she had the likes of Gwendolyn Brooks as a mentor; became a member of the pre-eminent African American poetry organization, Cave Canem; had residencies from Ragdale Foundation, Centrum and Caldera, […]
PUBLISHER’S COMMENTS I met Jesús Papoleto Meléndez in the early 1990s when he came to New York for a visit (from California) and ended up relocating here permanently. Born and raised in El Barrio, Papo was one of the original Nuyorican poets. His early and close collaboration with poets and writers such as Miguel Algarín, […]
2Leaf Press is thrilled to announce the publication of its highly anticipated book, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA?
Here we go again, raising money for the press. I hate begging for money, really, but in order to keep the organization and our program, 2Leaf Press moving forward to the next chapter, we really need your help. I really need your help.
From the press that boldly asked the question “What Does it Mean to be White in America?” comes the call to action for all social justice advocates and lovers of literature.
2Leaf Press is proud to announce its new series, 2LP EXPLORATIONS IN DIVERSITY.
From unfriend to selfie, social media is clearly having an impact on language. As someone who writes about social media I’m aware of not only how fast these online platforms change, but also of how they influence the language in which I write.
Reviewer Maria Rouphail of The Pedestal Magazine did a great review of Birds on The Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales, translated by Lynn Levin.
Abiodun Oyewole’s Website PUBLISHER’S COMMENTS: I met Abiodun in 2004 when I was working on the phatLiterature, A Literary TV Program, which was videotaped at the Langston Hughes Library in 2004. We did a show about political poetry and I thought he’d make an interesting guest. When I contacted him, he was nothing what I […]