I am pleased to announce the publication of DIE JIM CROW THE EP BOOK on June 30, 2016. The book, currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com, provides purchasers access to six songs (the EP), which is a sampling of a larger project (the LP), due for release in 2018. You can read more about DIE […]
AMBER SPARKS | ELECTRIC LITERATURE Google almost any celebrated short story writer – George Saunders, Kelly Link, Alice Munro, Isak Dinesen, Joy Williams – and you’re likely to see the same two words over and over again: “writer’s writer.” Lest you be tempted to exalt that phrase’s use, consider Cynthia Ozick’s description: “Every writer understands […]
MICHELLE DEAN | THE GUARDIAN The editor of Bookslut, which shut down last week, talks to the Guardian about the current state of American literature and its attendant frustrations A couple of weeks ago, Jessa Crispin shut down her book review site, Bookslut, after 14 years. At a Brooklyn coffee shop last week, she told […]
JONATHON STURGEON | FLAVORWIRE This is how the world’s best-selling novelist sells more books. Since March, we’ve heard about a forthcoming publishing venture from James Patterson, the best-selling novelist of the age. “To date,” writes the New York Times, “[Patterson] has published 156 books that have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide.” Or, rather, […]
While the phrase “close reading” may not resonate for someone outside of an English department, Stanford literary scholar Paula Moya wants to reclaim the useful literary tool, especially when it comes to multicultural writers.
2Leaf Press announces the publication of the poetry collections, TARTESSOS AND OTHER CITIES by Claire Millikin and OFF COURSE: ROUNDABOUTS & DEVIATIONS by A. Robert Lee, their second books of poetry with 2Leaf Press.
Wired, the San Francisco, Calif.-based magazine and digital publication, has launched a book club as a part of its expanding culture coverage. Its first selection is N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-nominated The Fifth Season
Author and Booktrust web editor Nikesh Shukla tells us how he balances a dayjob and writing, all thanks to technology.
NIRAJ CHOKSHI | THE INDEPENDENT Explicit sexuality, offensive language, homosexuality, a religious viewpoint: Those are a few of the common objections to the 10 most-challenged books of 2015, according to the American Library Association’s latest “State of America’s Libraries” report. The list, published Monday, includes some well-known titles — the Holy Bible ranked sixth — […]
When we were putting together WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA, an amazing thing happened: Many of the contributors quoted James Baldwin, and as a result, we followed their cue and not only dedicated the book to Baldwin, but sprinkled Baldwin quotes throughout the book. There is no doubt that James Baldwin always […]
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.