Worst Boyfriend Ever — A Live Reading in NYC
Back the Worst Boyfriend Ever.
An evening with James Guilty, the pseudonymous writer whose Substack, Worst Boyfriend Ever, became one of the most talked-about independent projects online, and an open invitation to become his patron.
He'll read live, old work and new, and a few others will take the mic. But the real reason to be in the room: this is a chance to back a cultural moment before everyone else catches on.
The case, in his own numbers:
A book reviewers reluctantly call "genius." A story-length tweet with 11 million views. An hour-long piece about crossing New York out of a van that broke the internet. A coin he minted about his own future that hit a ~$993K market cap overnight. A signed copy that ended up in Slavoj Zizek's hands. Readers flying across the world, $2K+ in airfare, to see him for a single day.
The ask: a backer to set him up with a home base in New York for three months. In return he ships his second book by year's end, throws a run of writing events in the city, and documents the whole thing in public, for an audience that already shows up.
Come meet him. Hear the work read live. Decide if you're in.
Want to read a piece yourself? Email jamesguilty43@gmail.com.
The work:
Substack — https://jamesguilty.substack.com
The book — https://a.co/d/0aKaZuKP
"The End of Worst Boyfriend Ever" — https://jamesguilty.substack.com/p/the-end-of-worst-boyfriend-ever
"Dating 8 Girls at Once in New York" — https://jamesguilty.substack.com/p/dating-8-girls-at-once-in-new-york
The 11-million-view tweet — https://x.com/TwinkBukowski/status/2003878058416394626
The WBE Coin story — https://substack.com/@worstboyfriendever/p-183985743
PubKey Bar · 85 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10011 · date to be confirmedWorst Boyfriend Ever comes to New York.
James Guilty, the pseudonymous writer behind the cult Substack Worst Boyfriend Ever, reads live. Some old stuff, some new stuff he hasn't shared anywhere yet. He'll headline and hand the mic to a few others; pieces have to be sharp, funny, and true.
If you've been online at all, you've seen the work: an hour-long story about dating his way across New York out of a van, a story-length tweet with 11 million views, a book reviewers reluctantly call "genius," and a signed copy that made its way into Slavoj Zizek's hands.
Want to read? Email jamesguilty43@gmail.com with the exact piece you'd put up. Love it or hate it, it has to land.
The work:
Substack — https://jamesguilty.substack.com
The book — https://a.co/d/0aKaZuKP
The concept, "The End of Worst Boyfriend Ever" — https://jamesguilty.substack.com/p/the-end-of-worst-boyfriend-ever
The one that went off, "Dating 8 Girls at Once in New York" — https://jamesguilty.substack.com/p/dating-8-girls-at-once-in-new-york
A review calling the blog genius — https://substack.com/@samkahn/note/p-177466646
The 11-million-view tweet — https://x.com/TwinkBukowski/status/2003878058416394626
PubKey Bar · 85 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10011