Come gather and hear decolonized verses, spanglish poesia, Latine spokenword, Pocho poems and neighborhood chisme at Speaking Axolotl, the Bay Area’s long running monthly Latine Reading series.

This month Speaking Axolotl is being taken over by Trenches Full of Poets, a Long Beach reading series that happens at Page Against The Machine. Curator and host of Trenches Full of Poets, Nikolai Garcia will be bringing three LA poetas with him so get ready for Trenches Full of Axolotls!

Participating poets include;

Guadalupe Salgado Partida loves reading poetry and sauntering. She has received support from Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) and is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at California State University, Fresno. Additionally, she was a reader for the 2024 Philip Levine Prize. Her work has been published by The Acentos Review, Zócalo Public Square, The San Joaquin Review, The Dewdrop and others. She can be found on IG @salgadopartida

Grace Olguin is a poet and storyteller. 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. Her first book of poetry “A List of Things I Lost” will be released this fall through World Stage Press. When at home in Long Beach, CA she enjoys life with her three animal companions — a dog, a bird and a tortoise. 

Mauricio 'Soul on Fire' Moreno is an award-winning poet and writer from New Jersey. He is the cohost of Trenches Full of Poets, a monthly reading series in Long Beach. He writes about his experiences as a Colombian-American, son of immigrants, and to understand the world around him. 

10 slot open mic opens up a las 6;50pm

NOTA; Speaking Axolotl is a BIPOC reading series which means black and brown poets on the mic. Whyte folks are welcome to attend and listen but your presence is not required.