Our Fall 2024 Fundraiser

Come celebrate poetry, autumn, and our 25th year of independent publishing with readings by lauded poets Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar Admission Free/Donations Welcome $10 (Rill), $25 (Brook), $50 (Stream), $100 (Tributary), $150 (River), $250 (Watercourse), $500 (Wellspring) For tickets, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sixteen-rivers-press-fall-benefit-and-25th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1016910766477 Sixteen Rivers Press • www.sixteenrivers.org • info@sixteenrivers.org P.O. Box 640663 • San…Read More

Welcoming Our Newest Member, Lenore Myers

Lenore Myers’s poems and essays can be found in The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, Southern Indiana Review, LIT, and One, among other literary journals. Her chapbook, Regards to Balthus, was published in 2023 by Seven Kitchens Press. She teaches English as a Second Language at the Napa Adult School and is a faculty writing tutor and ESL…Read More

Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler

With great sadness, we announce that Jacqueline Kudler, a founding member of Sixteen Rivers Press, has died at age 89 from complications of ALS. She was a wonderful poet; an ardent and active supporter of the press from its founding up to the time of her death; and a dear, long-time friend and poetry companion…Read More

Poems from Sacred Precinct by Jacqueline Kudler

Another Kind of Crazy Just reaching to open the door of Starbucks when he pushes out in a burst of hurry—flash of  a man, fleshy and bald-pated, face florid, single-purposed, and just as I calculate the odds of what kind of crazy—just run-of-the mill New York City kind or some sub-variety of dangerous crazy, he…Read More

Fall Fundraiser for Sixteen Rivers Press

The Fall Fundraiser for Sixteen Rivers Press will feature readings by Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar, plus a silent auction. Admission is free, and donations are welcomed. Sunday, Oct. 20, 2:00 pm at Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley).

Sixteen Rivers Presents: The 2024 authors

Christina Lloyd, Murray Silverstein, and Alice Templeton—will be reading their poetry and discussing the topic of “Lineages” on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 3:00 pm at Northbrae Community Church (941 The Alameda, Berkeley).

Readings for 2024 Books

April 10, Wednesday, Readers’ Books, 7 p.m. 103 East Napa St., Sonoma Alice Templeton, Murray Silverstein, Christina Lloyd April 14, Sunday, Book Passage, 4 p.m. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera Murray Silverstein, Christina Lloyd, Alice Templeton April 20, Saturday, Beat Museum, 7 p.m. 540 Broadway, San Francisco Patrick Cahill (with others) May 5, Bazaar…Read More

Publish with Sixteen Rivers Press

Sixteen Rivers Press invites Northern California authors to submit book-length poetry manuscripts between November 1, 2024, and February 1, 2025. We look forward to reading your work.