March Trenches Full of Poets: In-Store Readings by Three SoCal Poets
Schedule
Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Page Against The Machine | Long Beach, CA
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Join us on ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ต at ๐ณ:๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ for the almost-Spring installment of the ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐! March features in-store readings from a diverse trio of SoCal poets: paasha motamedi, Grace Olguin, and Alex Moreno, followed by an open mic opportunity.๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ (he/him) is an iranian indonesian multidisciplinary artist based in los angeles. selected works have been published in the ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ค, ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฆโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, and the ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ. IG:@paashamotamedi
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ด๐๐ถ๐ป (she/her) has had the privilege of sharing her poetry and prose at open mics since 2008. She printed her first chapbook collection of poems in 2009 and was awarded the Powell Grant for Art In the Public Places by the City of Santa Fe Springs. She has been a featured reader at the international Flor y Canto literary festival in San Francisco, and at LitHop Fresno. Her first book of poetry, ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, was published in December 2025 by World Stage Press. In her daily life, she loves hanging out with her three animal companions - her bird, her dog and her 15-year old tortoise. You can follow her photoblog at potentpeace.tumblr.com
๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ (she/her) is a poet and fiction writer born in New York City and based in Los Angeles. ๐๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, her debut poetry book, is out now with Sunflower Station Press. She is also Head Editor of the experimental literary arts magazine, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ต. Alex eats 1-2 apples a day and really likes it. IG:@alexhere.ok Substack: thoughtjuice.substack.com
Taking its name from a Clash lyric, ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ is a monthly poetry series created, curated, and hosted by Los Angeles-based poets and editors, ๐ก๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ and ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ 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!
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Where is it happening?
Page Against The Machine, 2714 E. 4th Street,Long Beach,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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