William James is from western Pennsylvania, but now calls New Hampshire home. They are the author of “rebel hearts & restless ghosts” (2016) and “If I Forget Thee Lowcountry” (2021); individual poems have been published in Asterales, Booth, Forklift OH, Opossum Lit, The Shore, Stirring, and elsewhere.
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Every Monday Night
WHERE: Ralph’s: 148 Grove, Worcester, MA
🎙️ Outside when weather allows, otherwise inside & down-to-the-right
🎙️ This is a 21+ cash only bar (there’s an ATM) built around a historic diner cart. Outside shows are accessible, inside shows have multiple sets of stairs, low lighting. Both have mixed seating types.
House Keeping: The open mic is a privilege that takes guts to perform on, so we ask you to be considerate of the space and performers.
Keep your phones on silent, and any conversations to a whisper, or over in the
diner cart/out of earshot. Some of our poets whisper and we want to hear them, not you
WHAT: it’s a fucking poetry show
🎙️ Open mic slots for first and second half, alongside a wait list, with a feature set in the middle. Don’t see room on the list? Talk to Nark and they’ll see what they can do.
🎙️ Read your work, tell your jokes, bear your soul, all while accompanied by the coolest backing band since the invention of Ray-Bans.
🎙️You get 1-2 poems or 1 song; up to 6 minutes tops. Please donate your extra time forward to the next performer.
🎙️ Most-sometimes there’s a bonus ruckus in the second half (you could win a ‘lil prize for a poem written on the spot) and most-sometimes there’s pre-show snack time (thank the dumpling-queen.)
No tickets are needed to attend a show. Instead, our house band has a song: Money in the Bucket! When they play and the bucket comes ’round, we ask a $2-7 donation to help pay our artists.
Want to be a feature? Let us know!
TIP YOUR BARTENDER AND BRING YOUR EMPTIES BACK TO THE BAR ❤️
The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show 