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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
Jeanne Wagner at Second Sunday Poetry Series
Jeanne Wagner, author of In the Body of Our Lives (2011, Sixteen Rivers Press), is reading with Pam Uschiak at the Valona Deli Second Sunday Poetry Series on Sunday, June 14. Open mic to follow. 3-5 p.m., Valona Delicatessen & Café, 1323 Pomona St, Crockett.
New Review of Stella Beratlis’ Alkali Sink
Michael Dennis' review of Alkali Sink was featured in Today's Book of Poetry.
Helen Wickes’ poem
"In This Afterlife" was featured in Poetry Daily, on Friday April 17.
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