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

Name: March Trenches Full of Poets: In-Store Readings by Three SoCal Poets
Start: 2026-03-12T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Page Against The Machine

Schedule

Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Page Against The Machine | Long Beach, CA

Join us on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 at 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 for the almost-Spring installment of the 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀! 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.
𝗽𝗮𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶 (he/him) is an iranian indonesian multidisciplinary artist based in los angeles. selected works have been published in the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦’𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦, and the 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥. IG:@paashamotamedi
𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻 (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, 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵, 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
𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼 (she/her) is a poet and fiction writer born in New York City and based in Los Angeles. 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦, her debut poetry book, is out now with Sunflower Station Press. She is also Head Editor of the experimental literary arts magazine, 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵. 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, 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!