Murray Silverstein at Modesto Architecture Festival
Sixteen Rivers poet Murray Silverstein, who is both an architect and a poet, will speak on the relationship between the two at the Modesto Architecture Festival, 3 p.m. on Sept. 13. The event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant from The James Irvine Foundation and co-sponsored by the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center.
Beverly Burch at Petaluma Poetry Walk
The 19th Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk takes place Sept. 21, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at eight venues. Beverly Burch, author of the recent Sixteen Rivers collection How a Mirage Works, will be reading with Donna Emerson and John Johnson at the Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd., N., at 11 a.m. See www.petalumapoetrywalk.org for full schedule.
Sixteen Rivers Press Annual Fundraiser 2014
Save the Date! SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS AT FIFTEEN INVITES YOU TO A GARDEN PARTY To celebrate our fifteenth anniversary, Sixteen Rivers Press welcomes you to a garden party featuring a reading by honored poet Kay Ryan, with light refreshments and Prosecco served on the grounds of a Marin County estate. Tickets are priced at four…Read More
Miriam Bird Greenberg selected for Best New Poets 2014
Miriam Bird Greenberg, whose collection All night in the new country was the 2012 winner of the Sixteen Rivers Poets-Under-40-Chapbook contest, will be included in the Best New Poets 2014 collection. Her poem “Shortness of Breath,” which originally appeared in The Paris-American, will appear in this collection of fifty emerging poets, selected by Dorianne Laux. Best New Poets 2014 will be published in November 2014;…Read More
Paris Reading: Gerald Fleming, May 13
Gerald Fleming, author of The Choreographer and Swimmer Climbing onto Shore, will read Kit Fryatt and Carole Glasser Langille at Carr’s Pub, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris.
City Lights Reading, Tuesday April 22
Beverly Burch and Murray Silverstein will read from their new books on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 P.M. at City Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco (415) 362-8193
Miriam Bird Greenberg Reading, April 6
Miriam will be reading from her Sixteen Rivers chapbook, in the Poetry Flash series at Diesel Books, Oakland, April 6:
2014 Readings, Beverly Burch and Murray Silverstein
Be sure to check out our next reading series! Beverly Burch and Murray Silverstein will be reading from their new books, “How a Mirage Works,” and “Master of Leaves.” Thursday, April 3, 7:30 P.M. Mrs Dalloway’s Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, (510) 704-8222 Tuesday, April 8, 6 P.M. The Barkin’ Dog Grill, 940 Eleventh Street,…Read More