Dirty Gerund Poetry Show ft Otto Vock

Come on down to read your work, tell your jokes, bear your soul, all while accompanied by the coolest backing band since the invention of Ray-Bans. Open mic list is up at 8pm, show to kick off ~9 ; slots for first and second half, alongside a waiting list. Don't see room on the list? Talk to Nark and they'll see what they can do. Slots are 1-2 poems, 1 song, or approximately 6 minutes. Let the houseband know if you need their support ✨️

Otto Vock is a Jewish Non-Binary poet and educator from Jersey City, NJ, now residing in Somerville, MA, concerned with queerness, videogames, and imagining a decolonized Judaism. Their poetry has previously appeared in The Offing, The Plum Creek Review, and was featured ‘Best of the Nest’ in Pigeon Pages NYC. They’re the primary author of the companion curriculum for Phil Kaye’s book of poems, Date & Time, made in partnership with Button Poetry and Project VOICE. As part of ‘Team Unpublished, Otto and their slam team placed 2nd in the Midwest Mashup National Poetry Slam and was one of the recipients of the ‘Best Performance’ awards. Otto currently instructs in-person and online poetry workshops at the Boston Public Libraries and youth residencies across Boston Public Schools with Mass Poetry. They are a master’s student at Tufts University’s Educational Studies program.

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