4x4: A Bi+ Poetry Reading

Welcome to 4×4: A Bi+ Poetry Reading! Join us at Page Against The Machine for an evening filled with powerful performance poetry. This in-person event will feature four talented local poets sharing their unique perspectives and experiences.

Light refreshments provided.

Event Details:
Date: Sat Apr 05 2025
Time: 6:00 PM PDT
Location: 2714 East 4th Street Long Beach, CA 90814

Featured Readers

Christina Brown is a poet and podcaster living in Long Beach, CA. She is the cohost of The Bi Pod: A Queer Podcast. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Press, A Moon of One’s Own, The Sunshine Lounge, Ink & Marrow, and other venues. In her free time, you’ll find her reading niche non-fiction books, trying not to kill her houseplants, and never getting over anything. She is the author of two poetry collections, Girl Teeth (innateDIVINITYpress) and The Ways I Tried to Call You Home (Double Text Media).

Instagram: @christina.leigh.brown

Keayva Mitchell (she/they) is a Black queer CODA living in Long Beach, California. Amongst other places. Their poetry has appeared in Hooligan Mag, Fight Evil With Poetry, Wherewithal Lit, and they have been featured in the Los Angeles Times. They write most often on the various margins of identity, place, and the rituals of desire. You can find them doing everything, everywhere.

Gahl Liberzon is a writer and educator in Long Beach, California. His fiction and poetry have appeared in After Happy Hour Review, Ghost City Review, and he has previously taught and performed throughout southeast Michigan, the greater Chicago area, and the greater Tokyo Metropolitan area. You can find his work at https://linktr.ee/gahllib

Evan Chelsee is a working artist, living in Long Beach, CA. They create across mediums and genres, but have a special affection for zines and podcasts. Their poetry chapbook, Recurring Characters (Double Text Media) reflects on the indiscretions of their early twenties and looking for validation in all the wrong places. They love to be a fan of things, and are usually casually obsessed.

Find Evan’s zines & projects at www.uncommonpractice.studio

They are occasionally on Instagram @evansees_