Sixteen River 2008 Benefit

Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce that United States poet laureate Kay Ryan will read at our annual fundraiser on Saturday, October 11, 2008. Ryan's sixth collection of poetry, The Niagara River, was published in 2005 and awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation; she was named the sixteenth U. S. poet laureate in July 2008. We are pleased to have her read her highly original work for us at this event. Champagne and light refreshments will be served from 7 to 8 p.m., with the reading beginning at 8:00. If you would like more information, please call 415/273-1303.

A Meeting of Poetic Minds

Sixteen Rivers poet Gerald Fleming talks with former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser at the Idyllwild Poetry Conference this past July. Kooser, who edits the column "American Life in Poetry" for the National Poetry Foundation is a fan of Fleming's 2005 book, Swimmer Climbing Onto Shore. Look for Fleming's poem "Long Marriage" in a future Kooser column.