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Welcome
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
Lynne Knight’s Interview with Ito Naga
The following interview in English with Ito Naga was conducted in English by e-mail in May 2013. Could you talk a little bit about how Je sais came into being? I had been looking for Georges Pérec’s Je me souviens for quite some time. I’d only heard of it and I...
I Know (Je Sais) Reviewed on Huffington Post
The Huffington Post reviews Sixteen Rivers’ latest full-length book today, Lynne Knight’s translation of Ito Naga’s I Know (Je Sais). “Aphoristic and Zen-koan-like, I Know is a collection of 469 observations on life and the universe by a scientist whose eye for...
Autumn News
The members of Sixteen Rivers Press are deeply saddened by the recent death of our founding member, Susan Sibbet. Not only was Susan a talented poet, but she was a passionate advocate for poetry as well. A long-time board member of California Poets in the Schools,...
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