JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic: Featuring Gabriel Ram
Fri, Oct 03
|JustBook-ish
JustBe(Loved) is a community poetry slam & open mic that runs every first & third Fridays at JustBook-ish. This series if curated by Emmanuel Oppong Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. The featured poet is Gabriel Ramirez


Time & Location
Oct 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
JustBook-ish, 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA
Guests
About the event
JustBe(Loved) is a community poetry slam & open mic that runs every first & third Fridays at JustBook-ish. This series if curated by Emmanuel Oppong Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. The featured poet is Gabriel Ramirez
Gabriel Ramirez, author of the chapbook IF PIT BULLS HAD A GOD, IT’D BE A PIT BULL (The Head & The Hand Press) and the children’s book We’re Community is a Queer Afro-Caribbean writer, performer and educator. A 2023 Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry at Adroit Journal and the 2024-2025 CantoMundo Poetry Coalition Fellow. Gabriel has received fellowships from the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, The Conversation Literary Arts Festival, CantoMundo, Miami Book Fair, a graduate fellow at The Watering Hole, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops.
