2Leaf Press Announces The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Literary Award

The Shirley Bradley LeFlore Literary Award, named in honor of lifelong poet, activist, and educator, St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus Shirley J. Bradley Price LeFlore (1940-2019), recognizes the best in emergent women poets in Missouri. The award is given biennially for a debut poetry collection sponsored by the Shirley Bradley LeFlore Foundation and published by [...]

When Spring returns, 2LP has lined up some exciting titles

2Leaf Press is pleased to announce some of its Spring/Summer titles. All titles are available for preorder at University of Chicago Press and other online outlets. why an author writes to a guy holding a fish by Laila Halaby April 2022 Laila Halaby’s second collection of poetry, why an author writes to a guy holding [...]

Tackling Misogynoir & Intersectionality

As we finish celebrating Black History Month and plunge into Women’s History Month, Black and Brown women find themselves dealing with the uniquely American contempt that began with the Atlantic slave trade and continues in various transmuting forms to this day. We consider ourselves inclusive but are not treated as such. When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined [...]

Support 2Leaf Press and BUY 2LP DIRECT

Support 2Leaf Press. BUY 2LP DIRECT and Here’s Why . . . I have found myself more than disappointed in Amazon’s fulfillment services and product page issues in recent years. I am not alone. Publishers from around the U.S., including the Big Five publishing companies, have expressed their frustration at the lack of access to [...]

It’s Official: TRAILBLAZERS Rolls Out Beginning November 1, 2021

TRAILBLAZERS | VOL. 1 | $34.99 | Pub. Date: November 1, 2021 30% Discount Exclusively from our distributor University of Chicago Press | Discount Code: TBSALE TRAILBLAZERS, BLACK WOMEN WHO HELPED MAKE AMERICA GREAT, AMERICAN FIRSTS/AMERICAN ICONS by Gabrielle David is a six-volume series that examines the lives and careers of over 400 brilliant women [...]

#EmbraceHer: Hug a Black Woman, She’s a Trailblazer

#EmbraceHer. TRAILBLAZERS is more than just about famous women, firsts, or icons, it’s about the everyday Black women in our lives. You know them. The Black woman that works two or even three jobs to pay the bills; to sacrifice but also support, to always be there to help and guide their children, even other [...]

TRAILBLAZERS Volume 1 Available for Pre-Order with a 30% Discount

TRAILBLAZERS | VOL. 1 | $34.99 | Pub. Date: November 1, 2021 30% Discount Exclusively from our distributor University of Chicago Press | Discount Code: TBSALE TRAILBLAZERS, BLACK WOMEN WHO HELPED MAKE AMERICA GREAT, AMERICAN FIRSTS/AMERICAN ICONS by Gabrielle David is a six-volume series that examines the lives and careers of over 400 brilliant women [...]

2Leaf Press Launches #TrailblazersTuesdays To Promote Its Forthcoming TRAILBLAZERS Book Series

In honor of Women’s History Month, 2Leaf Press launches the hashtag #TrailblazerTuesdays to promote its forthcoming six-volume biographical series, TRAILBLAZERS, BLACK WOMEN WHO HELPED MAKE AMERICA GREAT, an ongoing campaign that will appear on all its social media platforms. 2Leaf Press, a Black/Brown female-led press, is using #TrailblazersTuesdays to acknowledge Black women trailblazers who have [...]

A Note From Gabrielle David

As a Black/Brown female-led press, 2Leaf Press publishes books by a diverse group of poets, authors, artists, activists and scholars communicating stories and ideas that inform, entertain, educate, inspire, and connect to readers everywhere. In recent times we have all observed how heightened public awareness has impacted social change and social policy. Consider the power [...]

2Leaf Press Announces New Interns

We are thrilled to welcome our new interns, Derek Nesbitt, Taylor Hoffman and Elena Mathew, during the Spring 2021 semester. Over the course of the semester, they will be responsible for creating, managing and disseminating 2Leaf Press publicity and social media campaigns. DEREK NESBITT is graduate student at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and [...]

2Leaf Press 2021 Fundraiser

2Leaf Press is holding its annual fundraiser during Black History Month. We felt it was fitting since we recently changed our tagline from “A small press with big ideas” to “Black/Brown Owned, Female-Led.” Our biggest source of support has always been you, and we hope that we can count on you once again to help [...]

2Leaf Press Announces New Company, New Board, and a New Tagline

2Leaf Press announces the reorganization and rebranding of its organization to 2Leaf Press Inc., a new tagline that reinforces that the press is a “Black/Brown Female-Led Press,” and proudly introduces its seven newly elected women board members, who will each help 2Leaf Press with creative solutions to expand the press’ outreach. 2Leaf Press underwent a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cathy J. Schlund-Vials

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Cathy J. Schlund-Vials Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] As the work published by 2Leaf Press repeatedly and potently reminds, social justice and human rights are, more often than not, elusive goals and aspirational aims in a world marked by racism, sexism, homophobia, and nativism. Nevertheless, as anthologies such [...]

Sean Frederick Forbes

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Sean Frederick Forbes Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] What is the point of writing and supporting an independent press like 2Leaf Press when it seems like not much else matters? What is the point of writing and creating when so many are feeling marrow-deep despair? Perhaps despair is [...]

Abiodun Oyewole

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Abiodun Oyewole Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] 2Leaf Press is a vital organ for blacks and Latinos to publish their poetry and stories. Unfortunately there are not many (if at all any) outlets that consistently publish our work. I am personally proud of the press, because Gabrielle David [...]
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