the Café

Below are writing links and videos from a July 5, 2011 (7/5/11) evening of poetry at the Café...





the introduction to the Café, and Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Escaping Every Cage”, then her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking), the poems “His Mom’s Car․ and “Letter 4/19/95․, then her poem “Just Can’t Breathe” from the July 2011 issue (v222) of cc&d magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book Exploding on the Scene), and finally 3 poems from published authors from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost).
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of the intro to the 7/5/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Escaping Every Cage”, then her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking), the poems “His Mom’s Car․ and “Letter 4/19/95․, then her poem “Just Can’t Breathe” from the July 2011 issue (v222) of cc&d magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book Exploding on the Scene), and finally 3 poems from published authors from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost).




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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Escaping Every Cage”, then her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking), the poems “His Mom’s Car․ and “Letter 4/19/95․, then her poem “Just Can’t Breathe” from the July 2011 issue (v222) of cc&d magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book Exploding on the Scene).
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video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Escaping Every Cage”, then her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking), the poems “His Mom’s Car․ and “Letter 4/19/95․, then her poem “Just Can’t Breathe” from the July 2011 issue (v222) of cc&d magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book Exploding on the Scene) 7/5/11 live @ Chicago’s the Café.




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Escaping Every Cage
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Escaping Every Cage (4:35) live 7/5/11 at the Caféin Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
His Mom’s Car
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem His Mom’s Car (2:25, published in her book Close Cover Before Striking) 7/5/11 at the Café in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Letter 4/19/95
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem< Letter 4/19/95 (1:43, published in her book Close Cover Before Striking) 7/5/11 at the Café in Chicago.




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Just Can’t Breathe
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Just Can’t Breathe (1:19) from the July 2011 issue (v222) of cc&d magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book Exploding on the Scene, also sold through amazon in the U.S., the U.K. & Europe) 7/3/11 in Chicago at the Café in Chicago.




Added BONUS...

Janet Kuypers reading the Clinton Van Inman poem
Just Like Us
from the July 2011 issue (v096)
of Down in the Dirt magazine
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Clinton Van Inman poem Just Like Us from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost, also sold through amazon in the U.S., the U.K. & Europe) 7/5/11, live at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading the John Ragusa poem
Chaos and Creation
from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost, for asle through amazon in the U.S., the U.K. & Europe)
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of Janet Kuypers reading the John Ragusa poem Chaos and Creation from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost, also sold through amazon in the U.S., the U.K. & Europe) 7/5/11, live at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading the Matthew Roberts poem
Graffiti on the Desk
from the July 2011 issue (v096)
of Down in the Dirt magazine
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Matthew Roberts poem Graffiti on the Desk from the July 2011 issue (v096) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which was also released as the ISBN# book American the Lost, also sold through amazon in the U.S., the U.K. & Europe) 7/5/11, live at the Café in Chicago




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    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 7/5/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set




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