Poetry in the Wider World

One of Dan Bellm's poems from Practice ("Elegy/in advance/do not hasten") appears in the new anthology, Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer's Disease, edited by Holly J. Hughes, with a forward by Tess Gallagher, just out from Kent State University Press. More info at http://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/.

Another Nomination

Terry Ehret's Lucky Break has been nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. The awards ceremony will be held Sunday, April 19 at the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin at Grove, at 1:00pm. Immediately after the ceremony, a reception and book signing will be held in the Latino/Hispanic Room. The ceremony and reception are free to the public, and Sixteen Rivers would be pleased and honored to have our readers and supporters attend.

Award Nominations

Congratulations to Terry Ehret (Lucky Break, 2008) and Dan Bellm (Practice, 2008) for their recent nominations for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Awards.

New Books for 2009

Two great new books are coming out from Sixteen Rivers Press in 2009. Light, Moving by Carolyn Miller and Again by Lynne Knight. Both books will be officially released on April 1, but you can preview the poems on our website at http://www.sixteenrivers.org/books_authors/again.asp and http://www.sixteenrivers.org/books_authors/lightmoving.asp

Deserved Recognition

Congratulations to Sixteen Rivers member Helen Wickes (In Search of Landscape, 2007). Her poem "The World as You Left It" has been chosen for inclusion in the 2009 Best of the Web anthology published by Dzanc Books. The poem was originally published in AGNI Online and was nominated by Sven Birkets, AGNI editor.

Poetry Class

Sixteen Rivers member Margaret Kaufman (Snake at the Wrist, 2002) will teach a poetry class with the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning through the University of San Francisco. An Open House will be held on Wednesday, April 8 with the class beginning Thursday, April 16. For more information, please see the Fromm Institue webiste at http://www.usfca.edu/fromm or call 415/422-6895.

One of 2008's Top Ten

End of the year best-of lists don't usually focus on poetry, but there are a few and Sixteen Rivers is proud to announce that Dan Bellm's newest book, Practice, is listed on the Virginia Quarterly Review's Top 10 Poetry Books of 2008 list. We here at Sixteen Rivers know this is a fantastic book, and it is great to see others recognizing this as well. Check out the list at this link:
http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2008/12/31/top-10-poetry-books-of-2008/.
Dan has also had one of his poems entitled "The Crossing" from his Practice (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2008) selected for Best Gay Poetry of 2008 edited by Lawrence Schimmel and published by Midsummer Night's Press. Congratulations, Dan, on this well-deserved recognition.