Join us on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝗻𝗱 at 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 as 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 presents an in-store group reading featuring four talented Long Beach-based writers of fiction and poetry, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧. 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲, and 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗼, all sharing selections from their latest works.
𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮 is a writer and teacher based in Oakland, CA. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in English and provides editing & copywriting services, Spanish-to-English translation, and one-to-one English & literacy tutoring. His stories, poems, and essays have been published in various places online and in print. His first book, 3𝘳𝘥 & 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, a novella in poetry and prose, was published in 2022, and his illustrated anthology, 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢, is forthcoming in 2025.
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧. 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 is a Long Beach writer, social critic, and co-founder of Pathos Press (formerly ZQ-287). His work courses through political, sociological, economic, cultural, and scientific issues of the contemporary world. He is the author of a thematically connected triptych of novels called the Psychology of Technology Trilogy, comprised of 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 (2009), 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 (2012), and 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 (2015).
𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 was born and raised in Southeast Louisiana and is a Continuing Lecturer at UC Irvine who now makes her home in Long Beach. She earned her BA at Florida State University and her MFA at George Mason University. Her poetry has appeared in 𝘕𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘙𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘖, 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳, and 𝘡𝘰́ 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦. She has taught literature, creative writing, and rhetoric to students from K-12 through college, and has developed curriculum for PEN America, UC Irvine, and WriteGirl Los Angeles. Her debut memoir about family, legacy, and identity, 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘞𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵, was published by Black Lawrence Press in June 2025.
𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗼 is an American born fiction writer of primarily Calabrian descent. He has published short fiction in Isele Magazine and poetry in several publications. For most of his adult life he was a roadie, touring the world. In 2019, he left this career to pursue a degree in Creative Writing at California State University in Long Beach. While starting over in his thirties was terrifying, he decided it was a lot scarier to live his life ignoring his dream. He can be found on IG @TonyGodinoDied.
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