“Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite”, the Janet Kuypers Chicago Book Expo book readnig & feature 11/24/13

Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite Janet Kuypers Poetry day long feature

“Finally, Literature
for the Snotty and Elite”
Janet Kuypers’ mini-feature night
11/20/13 live at the Café Gallery

    In this mini-feature night at the poetry open mic she hosts in Chicago at the Gallery Cabaret with the Café Gallery, Kuypers finished the evening with a set of poems read from an older collection book of her writings that have appeared in the early issues of her literary magazine cc&d magazine (full name “Children, Churches and Daddies”, founded June 1993), that is titled “Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite”.

    At the beginning of the evening (to start off the open mic night of mini-features), Kuypers read a number of poems from other artists that appeared in recent releases by Scars Publications, like the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine, the September/October 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, and the 2013 literary datebook After the Apocalypse (a spiral-bound ISSN# book which is still available for sale).

    These performances were video recorded with both a Canon video camera and a Sony video camera..

Follow the links below to see the readings of her live performance.

As her mini-feature 11/20/13, Kuypers read a number of poems from the cc&d magazine first editor’s collection book (with a title and cover based on the cover of volume 57 of cc&d), “Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite”.

Janet Kuypers reads poetry as a live Chicago mini-feature from her book
Finally, Literature
for the Snotty and Elite

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
The Page (To Inspiration)
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

Rather read it? Then read the poem The Page

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Page from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Page from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Who You Tell Your Dreams To
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

Rather read it? Then read the poem
Who You Tell Your Dreams To

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Who You Tell Your Dreams To from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
You and Me and Your Girlfriend
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

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You and Me and Your Girlfriend

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem You and Me and Your Girlfriend from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
My MotherMy MotherMy Mother
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

Rather read it? Then read the poem
My MotherMy MotherMy Mother

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem My MotherMy MotherMy Mother from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Transcribing Dreams 3
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

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Transcribing Dreams 3

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Transcribing Dreams 3 from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Everything Was Alive and Dying
from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite

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Everything Was Alive and Dying

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Everything Was Alive and Dying from her book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Kuypers also read a number of poems from other artists that appeared in recent releases by Scars Publications, like the Sept./Oct. 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine, the Sept./Oct. 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, and the 2013 literary datebook After the Apocalypse (a spiral-bound ISSN# book which is still available for sale).

Janet Kuypers reading poetry from assorted writers that were recently published in the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook, the September/October 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, and the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading reading poetry from assorted writers that were recently published in the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook, the September/October 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine, and the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads the John Grey poem
Wet Letter Office
from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook

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of Janet Kuypers reading the John Grey poem Wet Letter Office from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads the Katrina K. Grarascio poem
Bus Station
from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the Katrina K. Grarascio poem Bus Station from the After the Apocalypse 2013 literary datebook live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads the Stanley M Noah poem
The Fall of Berlin, 2 May 1945
from the September/October 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the Stanley M Noah poem The Fall of Berlin, 2 May 1945 from the September/October 2013 v119 issue of Down in the Dirt magazine live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads the Jessica Pilgreen poem
Death at 6 AM
from the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the Jessica Pilgreen poem Death at 6 AM from the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

Janet Kuypers reads the R. N. Taber poem
Autumn Leaves
from the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the R. N. Taber poem Autumn Leaves from the September/October 2013 v245 issue of cc&d magazine live 11/20/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

And thanks to John for taking a few photos during the readings at the open mic...

photo of Janet Kuy[ers during her poetry readings at the Cafe Gallery at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20131120, photo by John