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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! We loved this searingly honest piece. Now to buy the book!

Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 1h

We wager this beautiful, (and sometimes painful) essay in the Oakland Review of Books will capture the hearts of all those who love books and who love Oakland, in equal measure. It certainly captured ours. #books #bookreviews #writingcommunity #writing

Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 8h

This stunning piece by @eafreem.bsky.social exemplifies the kind of "books writing" ORB wants to publish: it's written around and through and about A Book, but is less a "review" than an effort to understand what it means to live in the world (in Oakland) and how books are part of the way we do it

Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 11h

"After I had sent a few customers home with Cassandra, I started to feel a bit uneasy. Should I be warning them? Am I obligated to tell adults to brace themselves? Call of the void, that’s a thing we all have, right?" www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/cassandra-at...

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 19h

Thunder and lightning happening at Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley, this Sunday, October 19, 2 to 5 pm. Kim Addonizio and D.A. Powell sing the body electric! You're invited. And it's free! #poetry #poetrysky #writingcommunity #poetnews @dapowell.bsky.social

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 2d

The countdown begins for our annual Sixteen Rivers fundraiser featuring rock star poets D.A. Powell & Kim Addonizio. We're excited! You're excited! We're all excited! Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-5 pm, Northbrae Community Church, Berkeley. Poem on! #poetry #poetrysky #writingcommunity @dapowell.bsky.social

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 3d

GADZOOKS! Poetry Flash has been the north star 🌠 for all things poetry for over half a century! We invite you to celebrate Joyce & Richard's enduring commitment to poets & poems this Nov. 1 at Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley. Come feel the love! #poetry #writingcommunity #poetnews #poetrysky

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 6d

This Nahuatl poem translated by David Bowles stopped us in our tracks—a haunting, gorgeous enchantment. #elegy #poetry

David Bowles @davidbowles.us · 6d

Here's my English translation of the twenty-SIXTH Nahuatl poem in the codex SONGS OF THE LORDS OF ANAHUAC (known by its Spanish title "Romances de los señores de la Nueva España").

At Hummingbird Mountain

The twenty-sixth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España.

davidbowles.medium.com

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 7d

Grazie, for the repost, Sandy! 🙏🏻

Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 7d

Kim Addonizio's poems startle, shock, careen off the page, plummeting deep into your consciousness. Come hear Addonizio read from her work at our annual fundraiser as we celebrate 26 years of independent publishing. Oct. 19, 2-5pm @ Northbrae Community Church, Berkeley. #poetrysky #poetnews #writing

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 8d

Independent publishers and small presses (Sixteen Rivers is among that number)—this informative and ultimately sobering thread on the closure of the Baker & Taylor distribution center is worth a gander. #indiepresses #publishing

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 8d

Many many times I’ve contemplated starting my own literary publication or imprint, but this is the first that’s got me fantasizing about being a book distributor.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 8d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 8d

Two poems to wet your whistle by poet and longtime friend of Sixteen Rivers Press, Molly Fisk. #poetry #poetrysky #writingcommunity #poetnews

Two Poems by Molly Fisk

Salvation Menu A biscuit with specks of black pepper. Warm beets and cool plums together under shaved fennel. Maybe you think food is only fuel, as simple as shoveling coal into the maw of a steamb…

oneartpoetry.com

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 8d

Of D.A. Powell's CHRONIC, poet Stephanie Burt says: "No accessible poet of his generation is half as original, and no poet as original is this accessible." Come hear Powell's fresh, wild words at our annual fundraiser, Sun. Oct. 19, 2-5pm, Northbrae Community Church, Berkeley. #poetry #poetrysky

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 9d

To say we're pleased to have poets Kim Addonizio & D.A. Powell read at our fall fundraiser is an understatement. Jazzed, thrilled, gobsmacked is more like it. So come, listen, & be dazzled! FREE! Sunday, Oct. 19, 2-5 pm. Northbrae Community Church, Berkeley. #poetrysky #poetry #writingcommunity

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Reposted by Sixteen Rivers Press

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 12d

A little bit of Lucille Clifton to help us get through dark times. 💙

Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 14d

Today’s poem is selected by Ayokunle Falomo as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

"won’t you celebrate with me" appeared in Book of Light by Lucille Clifton, published by Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 13d

Ah, maybe there will be a “Dangerous Women Redux.” If so, you come too! 🙂

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 14d

It was a hot time for poetry this past Monday night at Sacramento Poetry Center. Poets Molly Fisk, Patricia Caspers, Kim Shuck, & Moira Magneson were all marvelously dangerous! Thank you for the opportunity, SPC! #poetry #poetnews #poetrycommunity

Molly Fisk @mollyfisk.bsky.social · 14d

Great reading last night of Dangerous Women at the Sacramento Poetry Center. Dangerous, tender, and hilarious. Poetry as solace and political resistance. So much fun, too. @moiramagneson.bsky.social @patricia-caspers.bsky.social @kimshuck.bsky.social

A gray-haired woman in tortoiseshell glasses and a blue patterned dress reads a poem at the microphone in front of a wall of books. A black music stand with symmetrical holes in it is in the foreground.

A row of four laughing female poets standing together in front of a wall of books at the Sacramento Poetry Center after their reading. The microphone and black music stand/podium are in front of them.

Moira Magneson: A woman with short brown hair, a blue shirt, and red glasses reads from her new book of poems at the microphone. The book's back cover is orange and front cover is dark brown. A wall of books on shelves is behind her, and a black music stand with holes in it is in the foreground.

Tricia Caspers. An animated woman in a pink sweater, patterned blouse, and olive pants smiles at the audience while holding her latest book of poems The Most Kissed Woman in the World.

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 16d

Top of the ninth. Bases loaded. Monday evening. Be there!

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 20d

If you love fine literature & small, independent presses, or if you're just small-press-curious, #Litquake's Small Press Book Fair @ SF's Yerba Buena Gardens is the place to be this Sunday, September 28, 11 - 4 pm. Sixteen Rivers will have a table there. Drop on by & say hello! #poetry #poetrysky

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 21d

A beautiful play in baseball is also poetry. #baseball #poetry #JackSuwinski #poetrysky

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 22d

JACK SUWINSKI MY GOODNESS

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 21d

And last, a shout out and BIG bow of gratitude to #PetalumaPoetryWalk impresario and poet wrangler extraordinaire, Kary Hess, who put on a magnificent, moving, all-day affair. We're singing her praises until the cows come home! 😍🐄 #poetry #poetnews #writingcommunity #poetrysky

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 21d

Sixteen Rivers poets Patrick Cahill reading from his gorgeous *realismo mágico* collection: If we are the forest the animals dream, and Moira Magneson reading from In the Eye of the Elephant, with poems featuring creatures, heartache, and impermanence. #PetalumaPoetryWalk #poetry #poetnews #writing

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 21d

Sunday's #PetalumaPoetryWalk was the jam! So many poems, so little time. We're posting photos from the morning's Sixteen Rivers Press Poets event that jump-started the day. First up: Sixteen Rivers co-founder, poet, & translator Terry Ehret introducing the marvelous Judy Halebsky. #poetry #poetnews

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 25d

And for the Petaluma Poetry Walk's Grand Finale, a fireworks display of poets at the Aqus Café featuring: Dave Seter, Justin Cole Demeter, Kelechi Ubozoh, Ingrid Keir, Bill Vartnaw, Jennifer Barone and more! 6-8pm. #poetry #PetalumaPoetryWalk #poetrycommunity #poetnews

Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 25d

More skinny on the Petaluma Poetry Walk happening this Sunday, Sep. 21: at 2:45 pm or so, stroll on over to Copperfield's Books to listen to literary lights Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar, whose words will strike you in "your deep heart's core." #poetry #poetnews #poetrycommunity #PetalumaPoetry

Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 25d

Kicking off the Petaluma Poetry Walk are three Sixteen Rivers poets: Judy Halebsky—Spring and a Thousand Years, Patrick Cahill—If we are the forest the animals dream, & Moira Magneson—In the Eye of the Elephant. Come listen! 11:00, Sept. 21 @ the Hotel Petaluma. #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry

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