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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
Sixteen Rivers Press has submitted Pushcart nominations
Sixteen Rivers Press has submitted the following Pushcart nominations: “Crucifixion, Kinetic,” and “Passencore,” from Gerald Fleming’s The Choreographer, and “Love Poem,” and “Arrival,” from Miriam Bird Greenberg’s All night in the new country, and “The Small Knock,”...
Sixteen Rivers Press co-founder Carolyn Miller Publication Announcements
Sixteen Rivers Press co-founder Carolyn Miller has an essay, "Always," in the November issue of The Sun. Her college memoir, "Arts and Science," published in the Fall 2012 issue of The Missouri Review, is listed as a Notable Essay in Best Essays 2013.
November Readings
On Sunday, November 24, 2013 from 3 PM to 5 PM, Sixteen Rivers Press poet Barbara Swift Brauer (At Ease in the Borrowed World) will read with prose writer Kaitlyn Gallagher at the MINE Gallery in Fairfax, California, at 1820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, on Sunday, November...
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