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During these critical times, authentic and conscious discussions surrounding race, class and gender are of the utmost importance. 2Leaf Press, a Black/Brown female-led nonprofit press located in New York City, which is dedicated to publishing diverse voices, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. My name is Gabrielle David, and as the publisher of 2Leaf Press, I [...]

The Nasiona Podcast Interviews Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts

[trx_title type="3" align="center"]The Nasiona Podcast Interviews Sean Frederick Forbes & Tara Betts[/trx_title] On September 27, 2019, editors Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts of The Beiging of America were interviewed by Nicole Zelniker for The Nasiona podcast, a nonfiction storytelling organization that celebrates multiculturalism. The Beiging of America, also co-edited by Cathy Schlund-Vials and published [...]

A Letter From the Publisher

[trx_title type="3" align="center"]A Letter From the Publisher[/trx_title] These are critical times when authentic and conscious discussions surrounding race, class, and gender are of the utmost importance. Many authors are taking this opportunity to speak to such topics from their own lived experience. Readers are hungry for works with diverse voices to help create an informed [...]

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 [...]

Claire Millikin Raymond

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Claire Millikin Raymond Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] Five years ago, when I saw there was a new press that published Nuyorican poetry I felt it was destiny. That statement needs explanation—I’m white, and never participated in Nuyorican poetry slams—but getting my MFA in New York City, the [...]

Tara Betts

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Tara Betts Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] 2Leaf Press is an underdog of a press that stays true to the possibilities of American letters and world literature. Supporting presses like 2Leaf offers a way to expand the literary canon that has often been aimed at a diverse range [...]

Gabrielle David

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Gabrielle David Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] 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 no [...]

Robert Coburn

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Robert Coburn Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] As a small independent publisher, Gabrielle David’s struggle has been to find a supportive distributor for 2Leaf Press, and has successfully found one with University of Chicago Press. A partnership with Chicago, while great, comes with the cost of processing fees [...]

Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako)

[trx_title type="4" style="underline" align="center" font_size="28pt"]Here's What Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) Has to Say About 2Leaf Press[/trx_title] I encourage everyone to support 2Leaf Press. Its mission to serve and promote the works of established and fledgling poets and writers is essential to the literary world. When large publishing companies regularly deny submissions by unknown [...]

An Announcement From The Publisher

Here we go again, raising money for the press. I hate begging for money, really, but in order to keep the organization and our program, 2Leaf Press moving forward to the next chapter, we really need your help. I really need your help.

A Word From The Publisher

I am writing to ask you to support 2Leaf Press. We were supposed to receive a nice chunk of money to help pay our operational costs a couple of weeks ago. Everything was set to go but at the twelfth hour, the money was withdrawn. This has put us in an incredible bind, because the […]