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 […]
Not4Prophet, 2Leaf Press‘ prolific and political poet, celebrated the publication of his first poetry book, Last of the Po’Ricanas y Otros Afro-Artifacts at La Casa Azul Bookstore on 103rd Street off of Lexington Avenue on December 18, 2013. After being introduced by the owner of La Casa Azul, Aurora Anaya Cerda, Carmen Pietri, 2Leaf Press‘ […]
The Last Poets Abiodun Oyewole’s forthcoming book, Branches of the Tree of Life The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, 1969-2013 and Our Nuyorican Thing, The Birth of a Self-Made Identity by Samuel Diaz Carrion (under the NUYORICAN WORLD SERIES) have been rescheduled to publish March 2014. Both books were set to publish November 2013, but […]
Vagabond, our resident videographer, graphic artist and book procurer, posted his year-end wrap-up on his blog, Nothing to be Gained Here, sharing with the world the great work he did in 2013, much of it for 2Leaf Press. In it, he explains how he became involved with 2Leaf Press. When I read Vagabond’s wrap-up, I […]
A. Robert Lee’s latest poetry collection, IMAGINARIUM, explores the “Sightings,” Galleries” and “Sightlines” of one’s imagination, and is available on Amazon,com.
Sean Frederick Forbes debut poetry collection, Providencia, consists of 49 lyrical poems largely inspired by the physical boundaries of Providencia and a Jamaica, Queens in the poet’s quest for self.
Nuyorican poet and 2Leaf Press author, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez,, will be celebrating the first anniversary of the release of his seminal poetry collection, HEY YO! YO SOY! “¡Hey Yo-Yo Soy!” Book Party @ the Nuyorican Poets’ Café 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C Reverend Pedro Pietri Way, New York City Thursday, October […]
We have just launched 2LP NEWS, a place where we’re posting news items of interest about the people who work so hard to bring to you 2Leaf Press, as well as newsworthy items in the publishing field. If you have some news or information you’d like posted on 2LP News, please send it to editor@2leafpress.org.
Jaime “Shaggy” Flores, who was instrumental in the publication of HEY YO! YO SOY! (Flores did the cover design and wrote the afterword), is publishing his second collection of poetry, Obatalá’s Bugalú: A Nuyorican Book of Sights and Sounds, a follow-up to his first poetry collection, Sanchocho: A Book of Nuyorican Poetry. In this latest […]
Brandi Dawn Henderson, editor of WHEREABOUTS: STEPPING OUT OF PLACE, a nonfiction anthology from Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine is launching WHEREABOUTS in Washington D.C. at two sites this week. WHEREABOUTS consists of thirty-eight emerging and established global storytellers who share stories discussing what it means to enter a new place; the kinds of […]
Vagabond Beaumont, a filmmaker, artist, author and photographer, has been a great asset to our organization, whether he is filming, producing and directing our promotional videos, creating fabulous press photos of our authors or designing a couple of great book covers for 2Leaf Press, notably for Abiodun Oyewole and Dylcia Pagan. But first and foremost, […]