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Hello, Poets & Friends!Please join me at Waterbean Poetry Night on SEPT 24 when I’ll host fantastic featured poets CHAD WEEDEN + JOHN AMEN!
Poet Bios:
CHAD WEEDEN is the author of the debut poetry collection, The Ice Stayed but the Water Left (Broken Tribe Press, 2025). His poems have appeared in Appalachian Review, The Midwest Quarterly, Jabberwock Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Jet Fuel Review, The Pedestal Magazine, & elsewhere. He is a portrait photographer & lives in Rhode Island.
https://www.chadweedenphoto.com
https://www.chadkweeden.com
JOHN AMEN has authored five collections of poetry, including Illusion of an Overwhelm, finalist for the 2018 Brockman-Campbell Award, & work from which was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 Dana Award. He’s the recipient of the 2021 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize & the 2024 Susan Laughter Myers Fellowship. His poems & prose have appeared recently in Rattle, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Daily, & Tupelo Quarterly. His latest collection is Dark Souvenirs, released by New York Quarterly Books in 2024. Amen is the founder & managing editor of The Pedestal Magazine, & lives in Charlotte, NC.
https://www.facebook.com/johncamen/
https://www.nyq.org/books/title/dark-souvenirs
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General Details:
7:00–9:00 PM
WEDNESDAY• 24 SEPTEMBER 2025
Waterbean Coffee - Huntersville
9705 Sam Furr Rd., Ste. A
Huntersville, NC 28078
in NorthCross Shopping Center
(corner of NC-73 & US-21)
We’ll begin at 7:00 sharp & have a hard stop at 8:50 (venue closes at 9:00).
Following the featured program & a short break for book sales/signings, stick around to enjoy the OPEN MIC!
Open Mic Guidelines:
Please arrive 6:30–6:45 to sign up in person, as spots are limited & go quickly. No holds. Each open mic reader has up to 5 minutes on stage to share 1–2 poems max. If you sign up to read, please stay to hear & support your fellow poets.
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The TINY TABLETOP LIBRARY, dedicated in Memory of Poet Mike James (1970–2023), offers FREE, generously donated poetry (books, chapbooks, journals, & anthologies) for you to peruse, take home, enjoy, & share when you’re done. Poetry donations are welcomed & appreciated. See pinned post on our Facebook page for full details.
Please mark yourself GOING to this EVENT if you’ll attend.
Kindly support the venue & baristas, & featured poets if you can.
As your host, my MISSION is to foster diversity, kindness, community, & peace through poetry.
Event is FREE & open to the public, part of Waterbean Poetry's monthly reading series that offers an INCLUSIVE, SAFE SPACE for all poets & friends of poetry.
Peace & poetry for all,
Leslie
Leslie M. Rupracht
Host • Co-founder • Ally • Community Builder
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville, 9705 Sam Furr Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078-5046, United States
