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Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay.
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News and Events
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...
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...
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...
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