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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s Official: TRAILBLAZERS Rolls Out in 2021

[trx_title type="3" align="center" font_size="28pt" position="top"]It's Official: TRAILBLAZERS Rolls Out in 2021[/trx_title] TRAILBLAZERS, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great American Firsts/American Icons by Gabrielle David Edited by Carolina Fung Feng Introduction by Chandra D. L. Waring Foreword by Lyah Beth LeFlore Since slavery, Black women have struggled to liberate themselves from racism and sexism. Yet [...]

TRAILBLAZERS, 2Leaf Press’ long awaited series that honors African American women, debuts first volume

[trx_title type="3" font_size="28pt" position="top"] TRAILBLAZERS, 2Leaf Press’ long awaited series that honors African American women, debuts first volume November 2020 [/trx_title][trx_title type="5" align="center" font_size="18pt" position="top"]TRAILBLAZERS, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 1 by Gabrielle David Edited by Carolina Fung Feng Foreword by Lyah Beth LeFlore Introduction by Chandra D. L. [...]