WHITE IN AMERICA Contributors’ Northwest Group Participates in “Whiteness History Month” in Portland Oregon

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? contributors in Portland Oregon (calling themselves the “Northwest Group,” see their Facebook page), consisting of Patrik McDade, Anne Mavor, Leah Mueller, Jan Priddy, Carol Weliky, and Tereza Topferova Bottmanare participating in Portland Community College’s first “Whiteness History Month” where people come together to talk about white privilege, […]

April Is “Whiteness History Month” at Portland Community College

PCC’s Whiteness History Month events will include a reading of essays about white identity. SOPHIA JUNE | WILLAMETTE WEEK Last week, Portland Community College kicked off its first Whiteness History Month. If that brings up a red flag for you, you’re not the only one. The event has been widely controversial, garnering national media attention.WW […]

24 books that will make you a more well-rounded person

NATALIE WALTERS, JACQUELYN SMITH, BUSINESS INSIDER | THE INDEPENDENT Do you aspire to be one of those people who knows at least a little bit about a lot of things? One way of doing it is to read as much as you can, and across as wide a range of genres as possible. Read more […]

The lost art of indexes in ebooks

JOE WIKERT’S DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGIES When was the last time you used an index in an ebook? Maybe the better question is this: Have you ever used an index in an ebook? One of the challenges here is that most ebooks don’t have indexes, the result of the misguided notion that text search is a […]

Write a killer memoir: My 9 top tips

ALAN RINZLER | THE BOOK DEAL Want to write a memoir that’s powerful and inspiring? One that has impact, and appeals to a broad popular market? Here’s how. These 9 tips come directly from my 50+ years of working with authors as a developmental editor in major publishing houses and with private clients. 1. Create a […]

Preview of DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN by Wendy Cheng

A Black-Japanese Amerasian reflects on life in the present, with the traces of wars and their aftermaths. 2Leaf Press is pleased to announce the publication of Fredrick D. Kakinami Cloyd’s first book, DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN, MEMORY AND MOURNING IN THE BLACK PACIFIC, in June 2016. In Dream of the Water Children, Fredrick Kakinami […]

Are small independent publishers doing the work for big publishers?

KEVIN DUFFY | THE GUARDIAN Here’s an observation: it sometimes feels as though smaller independents are the research and development departments for the big publishers, where literary fiction is concerned. We find great writers, nurture them, wipe their brows, polish their work and buff it until it shines. Then we send them out, readers love […]

2Leaf Press Announces New Series: 2LP EXPLORATIONS IN DIVERSITY

2Leaf Press has created a new series 2LP EXPLORATIONS IN DIVERSITY.  The first volume of the series will be 2Leaf Press forthcoming tile, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA: BREAKING THE WHAT CODE OF SILENCE, A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL NARRATIVES, due for publication in April 2016. 2LP EXPLORATIONS IN DIVERSITY was created when […]

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