Should I Go and Perform at an Event for the Arts Magazine at my Former School?

I graduated in December. In November, I submitted a short story to the arts magazine at the university. Yesterday, I get an email that invited me as a submitter to the magazine to perform what I submitted at an on campus coffee shop.

So, I’m pretty nervous and terrified at the thought of getting up behind a mike at this thing. I would do o.k. or well saying it out loud, but I’m not sure I can add the emotion where it needs to go. It makes me wonder if it is being used as criteria to judge whether it gets published or not, or I keep wondering if it would hurt my chances if I didn’t go.

Another thing that I keep thinking about is whether or not it is a piece that would sound good read out loud. I keep envisioning a performance piece that gets booed off the stage or something.

Needless to say, I’m nervous. I’m thinking I should go and just listen to the others. What do you think? I’ve never recited a piece of mine out loud before. Should I go, since I have already graduated? Has anyone else been in a similar situation before? Thank you for your time.