NEW YORK - June 13, 2020 - Leaf Press, a black/brown female-led nonprofit press founded in 2012, challenges the status quo by publishing books on diversity and social justice. As protests against racial injustice and police brutality have spread across america, the demand for books about racism, diversity, and race relations has soared. 2Leaf Press publishes books that can help.
Rather than publish books that use the anti-racist approach of "teaching/preaching," 2Leaf Press approach is to provide genuine and earnest narratives that have the power to change lives. It is what James Baldwin did in his writings: he let the narratives do the difficult work in order to affect the reader.
"We believe the implications about race are much broader," says publisher Gabrielle David. "when you talk about race issues, it's not just a black and white dichotomy, it's about learning different cultures or subcultures through personal narratives. Buying diverse books from different perspectives by diverse authors is more meaningful than reading one self-help book because it's a life-long commitment." for black and brown publishers like 2Leaf Press, it's encouraging that people are turning to books to further their own knowledge about race relations in this country and looking to make change.
Below is 2Leaf Press' best top 12 diversity reading list, available on most online outlets and bookstores. We are also offering a 20% discount on all titles exclusively through our distributor's website, University of Chicago Press: https://bit.ly/buy-ucp. Use promo code: 2lpdiversity.
An Unintentional Accomplice: a Personal Perspective on White Responsibility by Carolyn L. Baker.
What Does It Mean To Be White In America? Breaking the White Code of Silence, a Collection of Personal Narratives edited by Gabrielle David And Sean Frederick Forbes.
Black Lives Have Always Mattered: a Collection Of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives edited by Abiodun Oyewole.
The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race In The 21st Century edited by Cathy j. Schlund-Vials, Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts.
Dream of The Water Children, Memory And Mourning In The Black Pacific by Fredrick Kakinami Cloyd.
Substance of Fire: Gender And Race In The College Classroom by Claire Millikin.
Adventures In Black And White by Philippa Schuyler edited by Tara Betts.
Mother Of Orphans: The True And Curious Story Of Irish Alice, a Colored Man's Widow by Dedria Humphries Barker.
Our Nuyorican Thing: The Birth of a Self-Made Identity by Samuel Diaz Carrion.
Strength of Soul by Naomi Raquel Enright.
The Fourth Moment: Journeys From The Known to the Unknown, A Memoir by Carole j. Garrison.
Whereabouts: Stepping Out of Place, An Outside In Literary & Travel Anthology by Brandi Dawn Henderson.
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