December Trenches Full of Poets: In-Store Readings by Three SoCal Poets

Name: December Trenches Full of Poets: In-Store Readings by Three SoCal Poets
Start: 2024-12-12T19:00:00-08:00
Location: Page Against The Machine

Schedule

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Page Against The Machine | Long Beach, CA

Join us 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 at 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 for the latest installment of the 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀! We'll be diving into the holiday season with featured readings from a trio of Southern California poets, 𝗥𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀-𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘇, 𝗕𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀, and 𝗣𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻, followed by an open mic opportunity!
𝗥𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀-𝗟𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘇 is a first generation chicane poet. Her poetry advocates mental health awareness, speaks of infertility struggles, highlights tones of death, and loss. Her debut poetry chapbook, 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺, was published by Sadie Girl Press. She can be found on Instagram @raquel4poet
𝗕𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀 is a writer, editor, curator, cultural worker, producer, and poet born, raised, and living in Los Angeles, on unceded Tongva land. She is a former poetry editor at the now-disbanded 𝘏𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦, served as the Managing Editor of Issue 04 of 𝘚𝘒𝘌𝘞 magazine, and is an editorial assistant at HINCHAS Press, a 2024 Voodoonauts Fellow, and a 2024 Resident with 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘢𝘷𝘦 magazine. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in 𝘉𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥, 45𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭, 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook, 𝘈 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘵, was published in late-2023 by Bottlecap Press. Earlier in 2023, she was longlisted for 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘪𝘳 magazine’s “The Bird In Your Hands” prize for poetry. In 2018, she was awarded "Best Short Story" by the El Camino College Myriad for her speculative fiction piece, "Pr(e)y." More information about her work and upcoming projects can be found at her website, bristokes.com, and on Instagram @bri_stokes_writes
𝗣𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻 is an interdisciplinary artist who experiments with different mediums like poetry, screenwriting, graphic design, digital collage art, and video editing. She loves writing about how complex social phenomena intimately affect our relationships with ourselves, friends, loves, family, and everyone else around us. She is currently working on her first book, 𝘜𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, a collection of poetry, photos and collages about a young girl’s coming of age. She can be found on Instagram @pamconcep5
𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘀 is a monthly poetry series created, curated, and hosted by Los Angeles-based poets and editors, 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮 and 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼 with the goal of supporting a diverse array of published SoCal authors and the local independent bookstores that carry their works.
The event takes place on the second Thursday of every month and is always free and open to the public, no tickets or reservations required!