DONATE = FREE BOOK
Donate today to our 2Leaf Press Fundraiser and receive a free book with our thanks!
While publishing our literary magazine phati’tude, we were approached by several writers and poets wanting us to publish their books. We had been kicking around the idea of beginning our own publishing house and from this unexpected demand, 2Leaf Press was born! In 2012, we published our first book, Hey Yo! You Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, by Jesus Papoleto Melendez. This bilingual edition of three of his previously published books from the late 1960s and early 1970s is our bestselling book to date.
We created three series under our imprint: 2LP TRANSLATIONS, introducing cross-cultural literary works through translations; the NUYORICAN WORLD SERIES, showcasing established and emerging all-stars from the Puerto Rican Diaspora; and 2LP CLASSICS, the reissuance of out-of-print books relevant to our broader mission. You can find our more about these three series here.
Since our inception, our roster has grown – and continues to grow! We’re publishing established poets like Shirley Bradley LeFlore and Tony Medina. Emerging writers like (not4)Prophet and Stephanie Agosto Negron, researcher and critic Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez and a collected works by Samuel Diaz Carron will appear in our NUYORICAN WORLD SERIES, Adam Wier, head translator of Hey Yo! Yo Soy! is currently translating Legends and Other Tales, by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer from Spanish to English and it will be our very first book under 2LP TRANSLATIONS. We have been approached by many writers and poets with wonderfully bright new manuscripts, requests to reprint titles, and ideas for series of books. Memoirs and biographies of well-known artists in all forms of media are on our “to do” list. We are expanding in so many areas and there are so many surprises ahead in the coming months!
As you can see, we have so many good ideas and far more energy and expertise than funds. This is where YOU come in!
We are a small press with big ideas and goals. We provide a community for established writers as well as the up and coming ones. We are raw, we are sometimes radical, and we are seriously lacking in the funds necessary to develop the marketing and distribution we so sorely need.
Visit our 2LEAF PRESS FUNDLY fundraiser and help support these great writers. To show our deep appreciation for your generosity, we will send you one of our latest books.
Donations at the $100 level will receive one signed books from Jesús Papoleto Meléndez or Dylcia Pagán, your choice. Donations below $100 and you will receive one book of our choosing, Don’t worry . . . you’ll love it!!
Gabrielle David
Publisher
