2021 Books by Dane Cervine and Stella Beratlis
Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce the April 2021 publication of two collections of poetry: The World Is God’s Language by Dane Cervine and Dust Bowl Venus by Stella Beratlis. Both titles are available in our store. You can also become a Friend of Sixteen Rivers Press and receive both titles as part of your…Read More
Maya Khosla’s All the Fires of Wind and Light selected for 2020 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award
PEN Oakland, called “The Blue Collar PEN” by The New York Times, is honoring Maya Khosla’s All the Fires of Wind and Light with the Josephine Miles Literary Award. PEN Oakland’s annual awards ceremony is scheduled to take place online via the Oakland Public Library Rockridge Branch on December 5, 2020, from 2PM-5PM PST. The…Read More
Dec 6: Sixteen Rivers Presents Faylita Hicks and James Cagney
Our Second Sixteen Rivers Presents Please join us on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m., for the second reading in our ongoing series, Sixteen Rivers Presents. Our featured poets are Faylita Hicks and James Cagney. Faylita Hicks is a poet, essayist, and interdisciplinary artist born in Gardena, CA, and raised in Central Texas. Their work has been featured in Adroit, American Poetry Review, The…Read More
Submission period now open through Feb. 1, 2021
We invite authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2020 and February 1, 2021.Selected manuscripts will be scheduled for publication in Spring 2023. Please read our Submission Guidelines for details.
Camille Norton 2019 collection nominee for Northern California Book Award
Congratulations to Camille Norton, whose 2019 publication A Folio for the Dark, was a nominee for the Northern California Book Award. The Northern California Book Awards are presented and sponsored by the Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, PEN West (PEN America), Mechanics’ Institute Library, Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter, San Francisco Public Library, Friends…Read More