Waterbean Poetry Night Featuring DEBRA KAUFMAN + RICHARD ALLEN TAYLOR
Schedule
Wed Sep 25 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville | Huntersville, NC
Advertisement
Hello, Poets & Friends of Poetry!Hope you had a great summer! I'm back from hiatus and ready to host a new season of live poetry readings at Waterbean! Please join me for the September installment of Waterbean Poetry Night featuring a reading + book signing with accomplished, award-winning poets, DEBRA KAUFMAN + RICHARD ALLEN TAYLOR!
7–9 PM • WEDNESDAY • 25 SEPTEMBER 2024
at Waterbean Coffee - Huntersville
9705 Sam Furr Rd., Ste. A
Huntersville, NC 28078
NorthCross Shopping Center
(corner of NC-73 & US-21)
Please mark yourself GOING if you plan to attend.
Tip: Arrive by 6:45 for best seats + Open Mic spots.
Sign-up in person by 7:00, no holds.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Featured Poets' BIOS:
* * * DEBRA KAUFMAN has a new poetry collection, Outwalking the Shadow, released by Redhawk Publications in 2023. Her previous books are God Shattered, Delicate Thefts, and The Next Moment (all from Jacar Press), and A Certain Light (Emrys Press), plus three chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including Southern Poetry Review, Greensboro Review, Poetry East, North Carolina Literary Review, and Tar River Review, as well as in various anthologies. Also a playwright, Debra has written five full-length plays. She recently adapted Paul Green's 1936 antiwar play, Johnny Johnson, for the Paul Green Foundation. A Midwest native, Debra lives in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
Visit Debra's website: http://www.debrakaufman.info/
Find her latest book of poems at Redhawk Publications: https://tinyurl.com/outwalkingtheshadow
* * * RICHARD ALLEN TAYLOR is the author of one poetry chapbook and three full-length collections. His most recent, Letters to Karen Carpenter and Other Poems (Main Street Rag, 2023) combines poems about the life, death, and career of the famed singer with poems of grief, gratitude and recovery following the death of Taylor’s wife Julie. Richard’s poems, articles and reviews have appeared online and print, most recently in Litmosphere, Gyroscope Review, The Main Street Rag, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and Aeolian Harp. A founding editor of Kakalak, Richard holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. He currently lives near Greenville, South Carolina.
Visit Richard's website: https://richardallentaylor.com (where you'll find a link to purchase his latest and prior books)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EVENT GUIDELINES to keep in mind:
1. Event is FREE & open to the public, part of Waterbean Poetry's monthly poetry reading series that offers an INCLUSIVE, SAFE SPACE for all poets & friends of poetry. As your host, my MISSION is to foster diversity, kindness, community, & peace through poetry. Thank you for your support in making this mission possible.
2. OPEN MIC SIGN-UP: In-person only, by 7:00 (however, by 6:45 is recommended as spots fill quickly). Sign-up sheet is on table next to the stage. First come, first served, no holds. Please PRINT CLEARLY so I can read it, or I’ll move on to the next legible name. NOTE: If you participate in Open Mic, please stay to hear others share their work. We’re a community of poets, & supporting each other helps us all grow. (Featured Poets, please do NOT sign up on the Open Mic roster.)
3. Occasionally I will invite an emerging poet or two to SPOTLIGHT during Open Mic. They will kick off the Open Mic and have 10 minutes each to share their poetry. Others who sign up for Open Mic will follow, as per below. (NOT applicable to THIS event.)
4. Freedom of Speech: I do *not* support censorship. I do, however, support all participants using their best judgment on rare occasions when young children are present at the venue. Generally speaking, read the room before you read your work. Then exercise your poet voice & be heard!
5. EVENT FORMAT
* FEATURED PROGRAM begins at 7:10. Each featured poet has 20–30 minutes on stage at host’s discretion. Featured poets, I hope you’ll stay to enjoy the rest of the evening in support of other poets who came to support you. Reciprocity is always appreciated and encouraged.
* BREAK follows the featured program. We’ll take 15 minutes for book sales & signings, & to support the venue/baristas.
* OPEN MIC: Each reader has 3 to 5 minutes max (at host's discretion), i.e., up to two (2) pages/poems read or recited. If time is short, your host will adjust the limit to one (1) poem and 3 minutes. Please do NOT share more than two poems, regardless of time limit. Please skip intro/comments or be brief. Let your work stand on its own merit! Poetry only (no prose). Poems you read don’t need to be your own, but do give authors proper credit if you read someone else’s work. Featured Poets will not read in the Open Mic.
* We’ll make every effort to wrap up by 8:50—Waterbean Coffee closes at 9 PM.
6. Waterbean Poetry’s TINY TABLETOP LIBRARY is hereafter dedicated In Memory of Poet Mike James (1970–2023). It offers FREE poetry books, chapbooks, journals, & anthologies & is available for you to enjoy. Please consider donating works from your own poetry library to replenish the selection. When you finish reading, please pay it forward by sharing with someone else. See pinned post for full details.
7. Please SHARE this event if you can, &/or spread the word. If you’re not already on my email list, message me and I’ll add you before next month (or possibly in time for this month's reminder email).
Feel free to message me with any questions or feedback. Hope you’ll mark yourself GOING to this event & I’ll see you soon!
Peace & poetry for all,
Leslie
Leslie M. Rupracht
Host • Co-founder • Ally • Poet • Editor
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville, 9705 Sam Furr Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078-5046, United States,Huntersville, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
