Introducing a Post-Beat, Latino Moroccan Poet from the San Francisco Bay Area, Youssef Alaoui

I first heard Youssef Alaoui recite poetry from a DVD that filmmaker Vagabond produced and played for me, and I found his poetry well-written and very interesting. When I got to know Youssef better, I found him equally interesting, a Latino Moroccan poet who speaks three languages living in California. While he is well-known and well-respected in his local community, I never heard of him, but I wanted to know more about him and his work.

Not4Prophet Wows UCONN with a Dynamic Performance!

Amazing. Phenomenal. These are the words I heard after Not4Prophet’s performance at UCONN Co-op Bookstore at Storrs Center on March 25, 2014. You can read more about Not4Prophet’s performance at The UCONN Daily Campus newspaper. It just goes to show the importance of supporting emerging poets and writers, and 2Leaf Press hit the ball out […]

2LP Team Members Sustain 2Leaf Press

Ever wonder why 2Leaf Press continues moving forward? It’s because of the great team members behind the scenes who are dedicated to 2Leaf Press’ mission and the written word. Although I work with the authors, editors and translators directly to help cultivate their books, there is a team of editors and translators who take on […]

Vagabond Beaumont’s 2013 Year End Wrap-Up

Vagabond, our resident videographer, graphic artist and book procurer, posted his year-end wrap-up on his blog, Nothing to be Gained Here, sharing with the world the great work he did in 2013, much of it for 2Leaf Press. In it, he explains how he became involved with 2Leaf Press. When I read Vagabond’s wrap-up, I […]

2Leaf Press Announces New Fall/Winter 2013 Lineup

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 […]