CARMELA FERRADÁNS is the editor and translator for INCESSANT BEAUTY, A BILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY by award-winning Spanish poet, Ana Rossetti. A professor of Hispanic Studies at Illinois Wesleyan University, Ferradáns specializes in contemporary Spanish poetry with a strong interest in critical theory and cultural studies. In addition to language courses, she also teaches Modern and Contemporary […]
Gabrielle David, publisher of 2Leaf Press, was honored, along with poet-impresario Bob Holman, Andrew Jackson (Queens Library), Stephen Motika (Poets House), and Prerana Reddy (Queens Museum) by outgoing Poet Laureate of Queens, Paolo Javier. “It was a great honor for me because I had a chance to spend the day with poets, and for a […]
Not4Prophet strikes again in an a feature in Aplauso New York at Zoom Village about his poetry and his latest book, Last of the Po’Ricans. Check out the article, Aplauso to Not4Prophet. You will not be disappointed!
Yes, the dreaded blurb captions! We send out for ten and hope to get five. We go after some very famous people and sometimes, if we can get it past their management, we luck up with one or two. Authors pull their hair out of their heads: People they thought who would easily supply a […]
2Leaf Press is launching it’s new series “2Leaf Press Presents” at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC on February 9, 2014. Our inaugural event will feature Last Poets Abiodun Oyewole, who will read from his forthcoming groundbreaking collection, Branches From the Tree of Life, The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, 1969-2013. Joining him will be 2Leaf Press […]
We’re happy to finally announce the publication of Not4Prophet’s debut poetry collection, Last of the Po’Ricans y Otros Afro-Artifacts, with graphics by Vagabond and an introduction by award-winning poet and 2Leaf Press author, Tony Medina. Vagabond also wrote the afterword, which discusses the history of Last of the Po’Ricans and how he came to create […]
A lot has happened these past few months here at 2Leaf Press and our little kingdom. While we were experiencing illnesses (I myself landed in the hospital) coupled with weird New York weather, we recently got hit with a rash of deaths that knocked us all for a loop from both family members and the […]
2Leaf Press author NOT4PROPHET is making waves on the East Coast as he surfs from town-to-town promoting his new book, Last of the Po’Ricans. NOT4PROPHET is doing a string of book parties in NYC, Baltimore, Pennsylvania and in Connecticut. He already held his NYC book party at La Casa Azul Bookstore in El Barrio in December, […]
2Leaf Press is pleased to announce its new releases for Spring 2014. The fresh new faces behind our forthcoming books are as diverse as the titles we plan to release in the next ten weeks! In keeping with our mission, besides publishing and promoting an eclectic group of writers who are ignored by the mainstream, […]
When Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) made his transition on January 9, 2014 at age 79, people quickly came together to support his wife of over 40 years, Amina Baraka and his nine children, deal with a loss that not only profoundly effected them, personally, but an entire community of artists, activists and intellectuals. The Baraka […]