Book Expo 2013 Chicago Janet Kuypers Poetry day long feature

“Book Expo 2013 Chicago”
Janet Kuypers’ day-long poetry readings
20131124 at St. Augustine in Chicago,
live during at the Chicago Book Expo 2013

    Located at St. Augustine (1345 W. Argyle St., Chicago, Illinois 60640) for the Chicago Book Expo 2013, Janet Kuypers was asked by founding Saloon Poet Ida Jablanovec to join her at the Chicago Book Expo 2013 with table pace and book readings in “Saloon Poetry: the New Generation”. So, Kuypers started looking for collection books to show off and sell — and then she looked through those book for new selections of poetry she could read throughout the day.

    The Chicago Book Expo 2013 event is from 11:00am until 5:00pm, so Kuypers was there for a portion of that time showing assorted books from Scars Publications — this was the first time Scars Publications was represented at the Chicago Book Expo, and she was thrilled to show off a large assortment of books that Scars Publications has produced over the years.

    Kuypers had a number of books from Scars Publications over the years for sale there, including The Electronic Windmill, Slate & Marrow, Blister & Burn, Rinse & Repeat, Survive & Thrice, Torture & Triumph, Warm & Fuzzy, Duality, Domestic Blisters, Hope Chest in the Attic, the Boss Lady’s Editorials (2005 expanded edition), the Average Guy’s Guide (to Feminism), l’arte, Oeuvre, and Exaro Versus. However, she chose to read poems from a different variety of books, including Post-Apocalyptic, Fragments, Life on the Edge, She’s an Open Book, The One Thing the Government Still Has No Control Over, It All Comes Down, The Stories of Women, Sexism and other stories, Chaotic Elements, Pulled the Trigger, po•em, Uncorrect, Venture to the Unknown (with interior color images from NASA and the Hubble space telescope throughout), Stabity Stabity Stab Stab Stab, Elemental, Survival of the Fittest, Prominent Tongue, Rising to the Surface, Bound, Contents Under Pressure, Close Cover Before Striking, Living in a Big World (with color interior photography throughout the book of artwork displayed during live Chicago performance art shows), Prominent Pen (the Kuypers edition), Get Your Buzz On, Taking Poetry to the Streets, Janet and Jean Together, Janet Kuypers Enriched, Prepare Her for This, the Cana-Dixie Chi-town Union, Fusion, (Tweet), Dark Matter: the Mind of JK, Living in Chaos, Evolution, the Window, and (woman) (which is available as a spiral-bound book with your choice of 8 different covers). She collected may different poems from many different books, because she did not know how long she would be reading at the Chicago Book Expo that day. (During the event she probably read from less than half of these books, but it’ always smart to be on the safe side, and bring extra books to the Book Expo...)

    This day-long event of reading throughout the afternoon was recorded with two video cameras (Canon and Sony), and Scars Publications even released an online PDF file chapbook after the event of “Book Expo 2013 Chicago” (available as a free download any time).

    Because these were assorted readings from different books throughout the day, there is not one long video of an entire “performance” (like a show or a feature), so videos are only available for individual poems (read from different books at different times of day for this Chicago Book Expo.

    Follow the links below to see the readings of her Periodic Table of Poetry poems in “Fine Arts Building Winter Celebration ... and Poetry, of Course”.

on to the individual poems...

During the show, someone asked to hear poetry, and since there was a mini-platform next to the Saloon Poetry table, Janet went to it to read — but since she was looking to read from different books (in a filled crate), she squatted down next to the crate to read her first two poems.

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Fragments
I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well

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I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well (from the book Fragments) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Not Sick, but I’m Not Well (from the book Fragments) in Chicago 11/24/13 (Threshold filter) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem from the book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite
Death

Rather read it? Then read Death

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Death (from the book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Death (from the book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite) in Chicago 11/24/13 (posterize filter) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

When talking to an english teacher about the Scars Publications literary magazines, he asked about the origins of the name “Children, Churches and Daddies”, where she explained that the magazine was named after a poem that talked about the dysfunctionality of those things at times, leading her to read the poem from memory (though it was also in the collection book “Life on the Edge”, or It All Comes Down, or Hope Chest in the Attic, or Oeuvre, or Janet and Jean Together).

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
(which she also had in the book Life on the Edge)
Children, Churches and Daddies

Rather read it? Then read
Children, Churches and Daddies

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Children, Churches and Daddies (in books Life on the Edge, or It All Comes Down, or Hope Chest in the Attic, or Oeuvre, or Janet and Jean Together) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Toward the end of the expo,
Kuypers read a number of poems
to different people passing through
the main hall of the expo.

Janet Kuypers reading poetry
from assorted books at the
2013 Chicago Book Expo

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of Janet Kuypers reading poetry from assorted books at the 2013 Chicago Book Expo (C)

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of Janet Kuypers reading poetry from assorted books at the 2013 Chicago Book Expo (S)

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

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book The Stories of Women
I’m Thinking
About Myself Too Much

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I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much (from the book The Stories of Women) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much (from the book The Stories of Women) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book It All Comes Down
Writing Your Name

Rather read it? Then read Writing Your Name

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Writing Your Name (from the book It All Comes Down) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book She’s an Open Book
Build your Own Cross

Rather read it? Then read Build your Own Cross

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build your Own Cross (from the book She’s an Open Book) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Build your Own Cross (from the book She’s an Open Book) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading verse 6 of her poem
from the book Prominent Tongue
Right there, By Your Heart

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Right there, By Your Heart (from the book Prominent Tongue) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Chaotic Elements
New To Chicago

Rather read it? Then read New To Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem New To Chicago (from the book Chaotic Elements) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book po•em
the Burning

Rather read it? Then read the Burning

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning (from the book po•em) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem the Burning (from the book po•em) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Living in a Big World
Last Before Extinction

Rather read it? Then read Last Before Extinction

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Last Before Extinction (from the book Living in a Big World) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Last Before Extinction (from the book Living in a Big World) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Blister & Burn
Russians at a Garage Sale

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Russians at a Garage Sale

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Russians at a Garage Sale (from the book Blister & Burn) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Russians at a Garage Sale (from the book Blister & Burn) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Taking Poetry to the Streets
Cast in Stone

Rather read it? Then read Cast in Stone

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Cast in Stone (from the book Taking Poetry to the Streets) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Cast in Stone (from the book Taking Poetry to the Streets) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
from the book Get Your Buzz On
Being God

Rather read it? Then read Being God

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (C) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

Watch this YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Being God (from the book Get Your Buzz On) in Chicago 11/24/13 (S) at her feature Book Expo 2013 Chicago

on to the individual poems...

During the show, someone asked to hear poetry, and since there was a mini-platform next to the Saloon Poetry table, Janet went to it to read — but since she was looking to read from different books (in a filled crate), she squatted down next to the crate to read her first two poems.

Toward the end of the expo, Kuypers read a number of poems to different people passing through the main hall of the expo.

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

And thanks to John for the photos during this Expo...

Toward the end of the expo,
Kuypers read a number of poems
to different people passing through
the main hall of the expo.