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 Chicago Press’s website, and on Amazon.
This fall season, 2Leaf Press publishes four distinctively different books in multiple formats and voices: a bilingual collection of love poetry; a bilingual collection of historic essays; a memoir that exposes and challenges white racism; and the collected biographies of trailblazing African American women.
BORRACHO [VERY DRUNK], LOVE POEMS & OTHER ACTS OF MADNESS [POEMAS DE AMOR Y OTROS ACTOS DE LOCURA] by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez is his third poetry collection with 2Leaf Press, and second bilingual volume. Translated from the English to Spanish by Carolina Fung Feng, Meléndez deviates from his usual fare of political poetry, and reaches out on a more personal level that is serious yet filled with his usual sardonic wit. On the other hand, Myrna Nieves’ ENTRE EL SOL Y LA NIEVE/ESCRITOS DE FIN DE SIGLO (BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE SNOW/WRITING AT THE END OF THE CENTURY), is a collection consisting primarily of previously published essays written in Spanish that has been translated to the English by Christopher Hirschmann Brandt. The essays, which are cultural and historical in nature, are accompanied by a generous collection of photographs by Latinx photographers.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ACCOMPLICE, A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHITE RESPONSIBILITY by Carolyn L. Baker, is a brave book that acknowledges and challenges the realities of Baker’s white privilege, confronts white guilt, and navigates aspects of white identity in a personal memoir that will be familiar to many, while providing much needed insight to others. And finally, Gabrielle David is publishing the second volume of TRAILBLAZERS: BLACK WOMEN WHO HELPED MAKE AMERICA GREAT, AMERICAN FIRSTS/AMERICAN ICONS, which has recently evolved into four volumes. It is a book that will inspire anyone who reads it. The next volume will publish spring 2020.
We look forward to promoting these books with previews and reviews. If you are interested in booking these authors, please let us know. Cheers and happy reading!
