Live Close Cover Before Striking 06/07/11 reading at the Café in Chicago IL

    Starting and ending Kuypers᾿ reading at the Café with poems she wrote that day, Kuypers read material from her books for later release as part of audio CD releases of her books, Janet Kuypers chose to read poems and short prose on June 7th from her book Close Cover Before Striking (which is now in it’s 2nd printing, with a cover of matches, versus it’s original neon green cover).

    Follow the links below to read, see or hear poetry and short prose from this live Chicago book reading.

a feature-length video at the Café
of Kuypers reading her poems (first and last pieces written 06/07/11, all other poems read from the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking), “My First Time”, “Chicago, West Side”, “Chess Game Again”, “Arrowhead”, “Realistic Dreams”, “Was Immune”, “To Be Different”, “Sunrise”, “Meant To Be”, “New Vacuum Cleaner”, and “Skittery
video See feature-length YouTube

not yet rated video (21:47) of Kuypers reading her writing: My First Time, Chicago West Side, Chess Game Again, Arrowhead, Realistic Dreams, Was Immune, To Be Different, Sunrise, Meant To Be, New Vacuum Cleaner and Skittery live 06/07/11 at the Café
This mini-feature video can also be seen at
Chicago People




...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
My First Time
(written that day)
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video
written & read 06/07/11, live at the Café




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Chicago, West Side
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Chess Game Again
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Arrowhead
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)
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Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Realistic Dreams
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Was Immune
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
To Be Different
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Sunrise
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Meant To Be
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
New Vacuum Cleaner
from her book Close Cover Before Striking
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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Skittery
that she wrote on the spot for this live reading
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video Listen live mp3 file (:43)

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video
written & read 06/07/11, live at the Café




Janet Kuypers with her book Close Cover Before Striking at the Cafe 06/07/11



the introduction to the Café
and her poems (all but the first and the last read from the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking)
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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 06/07/11 poems, and her Close Cover Before Striking poems