May Trenches Full of Poets: In-Store Readings by Three SoCal Poets
Schedule
Thu, 14 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Page Against The Machine | Long Beach, CA
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Join us on ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ต at ๐ณ:๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ for our monthly installment of the ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐! May features in-store readings from ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ, and ๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น followed by an open mic opportunity.๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ is the author of the poetry collections ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณโa finalist for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetryโand ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต. His work has been featured in the ๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต, and The Academy of American Poetsโ Poem-a-Day series. In January 2024, Hernandez was appointed Poet Laureate of Orange County, California. He was born in Jalisco, Mexico and was raised in Santa Ana, California, where he still resides. Find him at @gus1679
๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ is an all-around madman. Follow the madness at @oldirtybeany
๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น was born in Anderson, Indiana and now resides in Long Beach, California. He received a BA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University, an MFA in poetry from Butler University, and a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He is the author of two collections of poetry, ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ (2017) and ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ (2023). His poems and essays can be found in numerous literary journals, magazines, and websites, most recently ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด and the ๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด. He has traveled to Egypt and Eritrea with The University of Iowa's International Writing Program to teach poetry. A recipient of the Dana Gioia Poetry Award and a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Literary Arts, he is an assistant professor of English at Whittier College and teaches at Spalding Universityโs low-res MFA program.
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 St, Long Beach, CA 90814-1227, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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