Featuring Papoleto’s Book Video
Check out Jesús Papoleto Meléndez ‘ book video: THE FIRE BEGAN ON THE FIRE ESCAPE by Vagabond Beaumont. Photo by Leslie Jean-Bart. Please post on Facebook and Twitter to spread the word.
Hey Yo! Yo Soy! Available for Sale
2Leaf Press is pleased to announce the publication of its first book, Hey Yo! Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, A Bilingual Edition by Nuyorican poet Jesús Papoleto Meléndez. This 386-page collection, comprised of three previously published books, Casting Long Shadows (1970), Have You Seen Liberation (1971), and Street Poetry & Other Poems […]
2Leaf Press Launches This Fall 2012
2Leaf Press launches this fall with two very important works: Jesús Papoleto Meléndez’ ¡Hey Yo / Yo Soy!, 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, The collected works of Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, VOLUME NO. 1; and Shirley Bradley LeFLore’s Brassbones & Rainbows, celebrating 50 years of literary excellence. We recently added first-time authors Lorraine Miller Nuzzo […]
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez Publishes Long-Awaited Bilingual Edition October 26th
Nuyorican poet Jesús Papoleto Meléndez publishes groundbreaking bilingual poetry collection, ¡Hey Yo / Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, A Bilingual Edition October 26th.
Celebrated Poet Jesús Papoleto Meléndez Joins 2Leaf Press’ Author Roster
2Leaf Press announces its first signing of poet and activist Jesús Papoleto Meléndez. Meléndez is set to publish a bilingual omnibus of his first three volumes of poetry, Casting Long Shadows (1970), Have You Seen Liberation (1971), and Street Poetry & Other Poems (1972), that are as relevant today as when they were first published. […]