Lisa Sánchez González’ long-awaited PUERTO RICAN FOLKTALES/ CUENTOS FOLCLÓRICOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS is the first comprehensive bilingual collection of Puerto Rican folktales published in nearly 50 years.
2Leaf Press author Samuel Diaz Carrion is having his Launch Party for his recently released book, Our Nuyorican Thing, The Birth of a Self-Made Identity on June 29th at 2:00-3:30PM at Taller Boricua in New York City. Poet, writer and activist Diaz Carrion explores the question, “What is a Nuyorican”? and more in Our Nuyorican […]
2Leaf Press is pleased to announce the publication of its poetry titles: Branches of the Tree of Life by Abiodun Oyewole; Our Nuyorican Thing,The Birth of a Self-Made Identity by Samuel Diaz Carrion; Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales; Boricua Passport by J.L. Torres; After Houses by Claire Millikin; and Incessant Beauty, A […]
As the 2LP Author’s roster grows, it has become more difficult to keep track of our authors whereabouts as they promote and present their books to the public at book readings, conferences, seminars, symposiums and so on. So, with the help of the IAAS’s super tech, Naydene Brickus, we’ve created an Author Events Calendar, where […]
It’s been a long time coming, but 2Leaf Press is finally pleased to announce 2LP Previews/Reviews, where reviewers can download Digital Review Copies. Besides the fact it’s pretty cool and geeky of us to be able to offer downloads to reviewers directly from our website, the main reason we’re offering Digital Review Copies because it’s […]
SAMUEL DIAZ CARRION is a Puerto Rican poet and writer born in the South Bronx. While working as a chemist, he participated in meetings that led to the founding of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New Rican Village and other venues. Over the years, he has coordinated poetry and reading series, and managed theatrical events for […]
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Gabrielle David is pleased to announce the publication of 2Leaf Press titles during National Poetry Month in May 2014. Featured poets include Abiodun Oyewole, Samuel Diaz Carrion, J.L. Torres, with bilingual editions by Odi Gonzales and Ana Rossetti. Rounding out the poetry collections is Lisa Sánchez González’ long-awaited bilingual edition, PUERTO RICAN FOLKTALES/CUENTOS FOLCLÓRICOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS, […]
Yes, the dreaded blurb captions! We send out for ten and hope to get five. We go after some very famous people and sometimes, if we can get it past their management, we luck up with one or two. Authors pull their hair out of their heads: People they thought who would easily supply a […]
A lot has happened these past few months here at 2Leaf Press and our little kingdom. While we were experiencing illnesses (I myself landed in the hospital) coupled with weird New York weather, we recently got hit with a rash of deaths that knocked us all for a loop from both family members and the […]
2Leaf Press is pleased to announce its new releases coming this October 2013. In keeping with our mission, besides publishing and promoting an eclectic group of writers who are ignored by the mainstream, 2Leaf Press continues to publish a lot of “firsts”— The Last Poets’ Abiodun Oyewole‘s first book, BRANCHES OF THE TREE OF LIFE, a […]
Left Bank Books is the first major book store in the country to feature a 2Leaf Press author, poet Shirley Bradley LeFlore, a local artist who is a founding member of the Black Artist Group, and has been actively involved in the St. Louis performance art community over the past 5 decades. LeFlore’s debut poetry collection, […]
If you would like to include photographs, line drawings, maps, charts, or other illustrations in your book once your book has been accepted for publication, it’s particularly important that you to submit the highest quality work. First, it’s important that we get permission from the artist, which is the author’s responsibility. Secondly, we only accept […]