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News and Events
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.
Pushcart nominees for 2020
Sixteen Rivers Press nominated six poems for the 2020 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XIX: From A Folio for the Dark by Camille Norton: “Quaker Light” and “The Black Dog.” From All the Fires of Wind and Light by Maya Khosla, “Synchronicity” and “The Sierra:...
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