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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
Beverly Burch at Petaluma Poetry Walk
The 19th Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk takes place Sept. 21, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. at eight venues. Beverly Burch, author of the recent Sixteen Rivers collection How a Mirage Works, will be reading with Donna Emerson and John Johnson at the Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd., N.,...
Sixteen Rivers Press Annual Fundraiser 2014
Save the Date! SIXTEEN RIVERS PRESS AT FIFTEEN INVITES YOU TO A GARDEN PARTY To celebrate our fifteenth anniversary, Sixteen Rivers Press welcomes you to a garden party featuring a reading by honored poet Kay Ryan, with light refreshments and Prosecco served on the...
Miriam Bird Greenberg selected for Best New Poets 2014
Miriam Bird Greenberg, whose collection All night in the new country was the 2012 winner of the Sixteen Rivers Poets-Under-40-Chapbook contest, will be included in the Best New Poets 2014 collection. Her poem "Shortness of Breath," which originally appeared in The...
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