Featured Titles for 2026

Children of Obscura

Dane Cervine

Binding: Perfect-bound paperback
Price: $20
Page count: 106
Publication date: April 2, 2026
ISBN: 978-1-939639-43-1

Random Universe

Carolyn Miller

Binding: Perfect-bound paperback
Price: $20
Page count: 96
Publication date: April 2, 2026
ISBN: 978-1-939639-44-8

Afterimages

Lenore Myers

Binding: Perfect-bound paperback
Price: $20
Page count: 124
Publication date: April 21, 2026
ISBN: 978-1-939639-45-5

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Fixel reading tonight at Moe’s

Tonight, Thursday Feb 27: Celebration and book launch for THE COLLECTED POETRY & PROSE OF LAWRENCE FIXEL, by the late San Francisco poet, edited and with an introduction by GERALD FLEMING. Also appearing and presenting Lawrence Fixel's work at this event will be...

Kickoff of new series at The Hidden Cafe postponed

In the interest of practicing voluntary social isolation, we're postponing this event to a later date, TBD.  Sixteen Rivers Presents At The Hidden Cafe A POETRY READING WITH MATTHEW ZAPRUDER AND ERIN RODONI Sunday, March 29th 2020, 3:30-5:00, free. The Hidden Cafe,...

Dane Cervine’s work in Monterey Poetry Review

Three of the prose poems that will appear in Dane's forthcoming collection, The World Is God’s Language, appear in the Spring 2020 issue of Monterey Poetry Review. Dane's full-length collection will be published in early April 2021.

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