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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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Second Tuesday Reading: Eliot Schain & Patrick Cahill
Join host Stella Beratlis in our monthly reading + open mic series. This month we are excited to feature Eliot Schain, author of THE DISTANT SOUND and Patrick Cahill, author of THE MACHINERY OF SLEEP. Open mic follows. Patrick Cahill’s prose and poems have appeared in...
WHY LOVE AND WHY LOVE NOW: Eliot Schain, Erin Rodoni, and Ken Hass
Featuring Sixteen Rivers Press members Eliot Schain and Erin Rodoni reading with Ken Hass on Sunday, September 27, 2020, 3 PM. Please join Poetry Flash for a reading of love poems, during which the poets will use their own works to traverse the territory of that huge...
October fundraiser features Matthew Zapruder & Prageeta Sharma
Sunday, October 11, 2020, 3 pm PDTOur annual fundraiser will feature Matthew Zapruder and Prageeta Sharma reading their work to celebrate our 21 years of publishing fine books of poetry by Northern California poets. We hope you will join us and consider a donation in...
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