Beach Blanket Books

[trx_title type="3" align="center"]Beach Blanket Books[/trx_title] What is the perfect beach book? Some believe summer reading should be light and frothy. Our idea of light reading are stories that both inform and entertain, and draw you in, whether you are at the beach, park, or your favorite lounge chair. The following suggestions are brought to you [...]

Ray Dizazzo Talks About the Art of Poetry and His Book, THE REVLON SLOUGH

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Ray Dizazzo Talks About the Art of Poetry and His Book, THE REVLON SLOUGH[/trx_title] Poetry is as relevant now as ever, whether you are a regular reader of it or not. People reach out to poetry and look to poems as a clear expression of emotion at moments that are overwhelming and [...]

THE BEIGING OF AMERICA Contributors at CityLit Festival in Baltimore

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]THE BEIGING OF AMERICA Contributors at CityLit Festival in Baltimore[/trx_title] Each April, CityLit Project presents its signature event: CityLit Festival. The day-long celebration of literature includes concurrent programming throughout our partner's venue so that there is something literally for everyone. It features award-winning authors, and a bustling literary marketplace consisting of self-published [...]

2Leaf Press is Selling Print and eBook Editions on its Website

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]2Leaf Press is Selling Print and eBook Editions on its Website[/trx_title][trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center"]BUY DIRECT![/trx_title] 2Leaf Press is happy to announce that we are now selling print and ebook editions from our website. As part of our ongoing relationship with University of Chicago Press, our books are now available for sale through [...]

Announcing the Publication of Dream of the Water Children

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Announcing the Publication of DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN[/trx_title] DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN MEMORY AND MOURNING IN THE BLACK PACIFIC by Fredrick D. Kakinami Cloyd Edited by Karen Chau Introduction by Gerald Horne | Foreword by Velina Hasu Houston Finally, finally. We have finally published the long-awaited DREAM OF THE WATER [...]

Happy Spring! Celebrate the New Season With Our Fall 2019 Catalog

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Happy Spring! Celebrate the New Season With Our Fall 2019 Catalog[/trx_title] It is that time of year again when we announce our forthcoming books for Fall 2019. Our releases have already been announced in University of Chicago Press’s catalog and the books are available for pre-order on our website through University of [...]

Check out New Titles that Uplift the Soul and Explores the World We Live In

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Check out New Titles that Uplift the Soul and Explores the World We Live In[/trx_title] STRENGTH OF SOUL by Naomi Raquel Enright APR 2019 | PAPERBACK $16.99 | EBOOK $6.99 MEMOIR, SOCIAL SCIENCE | 166 pp. | 5” x 8” ISBN: 978-1940939728 (pbk.) | ISBN: 978-1940939858 (ebk.) [COMING SOON] RANSOM STREET POEMS [...]

The Passing of Meena Alexander

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]The Passing of Meena Alexander (1951-2018)[/trx_title] You come to me a bird shedding gold feathers, each one a quill scraping my tympanum. You set a book to my ribs. Night after night I unclasp it at the mirror’s edge alphabets flicker and soar. Write in the light of all the languages you [...]

COMING IN MAY: A Debut Poetry Collection and a Historical Memoir

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]COMING IN MAY: A Debut Poetry Collection and a Historical Memoir [/trx_title] WOUNDS FRAGMENTS DERELICT POEMS BY CARLOS GABRIEL KELLY Introduction by Sean Frederick Forbes MAY 2019 | PAPERBACK $14.99 | EBOOK $6.99 POETRY | 130 pp. | 6.5” x 6.5” ISBN: 978-1940939926 (pbk.) | ISBN: 978-1940939933 (ebk.) [COMING SOON] MOTHER OF [...]

Honoring Legendary Poet Michael Castro

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Honoring Legendary Poet Michael Castro (1945-2018)[/trx_title] I saw a fool dance up a hill Where ice gleamed all around While high above a full moon beamed Its pillar to the ground & in that moonbeam’s silver light That fool blew on his flute As a scraggly cur growled deep & grred & [...]

The Passing of Gil Fagiani and Ntozake Shange

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]The Passing of Gil Fagiani and Ntozake Shange[/trx_title] Two well-respected poets, Gil Fagiani (1945-2018) and Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) who contributed to 2Leaf Press recently passed away. While their work was aesthetically different, they shared one commonality, that is, to create meaningful humane stories that connect to readers. As they each leave behind [...]

Support 2Leaf Press

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Support 2Leaf Press and Become Part of the Family[/trx_title] Dear Friends, I wanted to create a press that was led by black/brown folks that was inclusive to all writers of a multicultural sensibility that also explores social justice, with a sensitive ear to women and writers of color. It has been [...]

2LP Poet Shirley Bradley LeFlore Makes History as the First Black Woman to Serve as Poet Laureate of St. Louis

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center" font_size="26pt"]2LP Poet Shirley Bradley LeFlore Makes History as the First Black Woman to Serve as Poet Laureate of St. Louis[/trx_title] Shirley Bradley LeFlore was installed as St. Louis’ second poet laureate on November 9, 2018, following Michael Castro, who served as the first St. Louis Poet Laureate. LeFlore, born and raised [...]

Michael E. Reid Set to Publish NO VACANCY

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Former Episcopalian Priest, Michael E. Reid Publishes NO VACANCY to Bring Attention to Homeless Women in Monterey, California[/trx_title] No Vacancy: Homeless Women in Paradise, Michael E. Reid ISBN-13: 978-1940939711 Homelessness touches every corner of our country, even the most prosperous ones. In NO VACANCY: HOMELESS WOMEN IN PARADISE, Michael E. Reid [...]

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month[/trx_title] We are a little late in acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month. 2Leaf Press is still engaged in its transition with our new distributor, University of Chicago Press, and as a result, we have fallen a bit behind schedule. However, since its founding in 2012, 2Leaf Press has always celebrated [...]

Autumn is Here

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Autumn is Here. Time to Read New Books.[/trx_title] Autumn is here. And it is the only season with two names: Autumn and Fall. “Autumn is a noun.” It is an old word that has origins in Latin, and carried through to modern use through Middle English. It is a term more commonly [...]

Get Ready For National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

[trx_title type="3" style="underline" align="center"]Get Ready For National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)[/trx_title] National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project that takes place between November 1 and November 30, where participants attempt to write a 50,000 word manuscript. Freelance writer Chris Baty started the project in July 1999 with 21 participants in [...]
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