Lynne Knight's interview with Tim Green of RATTLE for their spring issue is now available online. You can download the issue and listen to the interview at http://rattle.com/eissues/eIssue8.pdf, and if that doesn't work, just go to http://rattle.com/ and click the banner at the top of the page.

Upcoming Titles!

Sixteen Rivers is pleased to announce the upcoming release of two new books, Margaret Kaufman's Inheritance and the Sixteen Rivers anthology of Bay Area region poems of place, The Place That Inhabits Us. Both books will be released on April 2, just in time for National Poetry Month. Celebratory readings are being held in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Corte Madera, Oakland, Modesto and a number of other places over the coming months. We look forward to seeing you at one or more of these events.

Poet Awarded Inaugural Honor

Jackie Kudler (Sacred Precinct, 2003) was awarded the very first Life Time Achievement Award by the Marin Poetry Center for her writing, her teaching, and her service to the Marin Poetry Community. Congratulations, Jackie.

Lunch Poems Video

On February 4, 2010, Dan Bellm (Practice, 2008) was the featured reader in the Lunch Poems series at UC Berkeley. Click here to see a reading of this event. http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/. This link will allow you to watch on YouTube or iTunes as well, so your viewing needs should be covered. If you weren't able to make the Dan's Lunch Poems reading, this is well worth a look.

Poetry Prize

Congratulations to Christina Hutchins who was awarded the Jeffrey E. Smith Poetry Prize from The Missouri Review. She was awarded $5000.00 for her poems, and will attend a reception and reading on March 20 at 6:30 at the Country Club of Missouri in Columbia, MO. More info will be posted soon at http://www.missourireview.com/. Christina was also reappointed as Albany's Poet Laureate for another two years. Congratulations on both accounts, Christina!

Beyond the Rivers

Sixteen Rivers Press is thrilled to celebrate with Gerald Fleming as he awaits the publication of his next book of poetry. Night of Pure Breathing, a book of prose poems, will be published by Hanging Loose Press in spring of 2011. Congratulations, Gerald!

And here's a photo from last October when Gerald attended the inaugural reading for Kay Ryan's second term as the United States Poet Laurete. The evening reading was held in the Library of Congress and was followed by a reception under the magnificent rotunda dome. The following day, when this photo was taken, Kay held a small reception up in the Poetry Room of the Library of Congress. How wonderful to know that a Poetry Room exists high up in the rotunda, and how lovely to know that Kay Ryan is again our Poet Laureate.

2009 Benefit Photo

In November of 2009, Sixteen Rivers was honored to have Sandra Gilbert and David St. John read for us at our annual benefit. It was a beautiful evening. If you were able to attend, we thank you. And if you weren't able to attend, we hope to see you at our 2010 benefit this autumn.