Waterbean Poetry Night Featuring MAUREEN SHERBONDY

Schedule

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Waterbean Coffee #2 - Huntersville | Huntersville, NC

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Hello, Poets & Friends!
Please join me at Waterbean Poetry Night on OCT 22 when I’ll host fabulous featured poet MAUREEN SHERBONDY!
Poet Bio:
Maureen Sherbondy lives in Durham, North Carolina. Her poems have appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Feminist Studies, Calyx, New York Quarterly, and other journals. Her newest poetry collection is The Body Remembers (Unsolicited Press, Oct. 2025). Maureen has won numerous prizes in fiction and poetry. In addition to 12 poetry books, Maureen also published a short story collection and a novel. She holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. www.maureensherbondy.com
Find Maureen’s new book here: https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/thebodyremembers
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General Details:
7:00–9:00 PM
WEDNESDAY• 22 OCTOBER 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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