Read New Modern American Prose by Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

prose prose

Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
are sorted alphabetically.

Chicago, West Side (poetry turned to prose)

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(7:17) 03/16/08 live at the WordSlingers radio feature on WLUW Chicago radio (88.9FM)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

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06/07/11 at the Café in Chicago (from her book Close Cover Before Striking)

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video (21:47) of Kuypers reading her poems 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

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of the intro to the 06/07/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus 2 new poems, & Close Cover Before Striking poems

A (Fe)male Behind Bars
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brushes with greatness
brushes with greatness [in French] [in German]

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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, performed live at Trunk Fest’s Triple Threat , her outdoor Evanston IL feature 07/24/11

See the full YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ feature “Triple Threat” at Trunk Fest, live outdoors in Evanston IL 7/24/11 (this video post appears on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “How a Woman Falls in Love”, “Seven Miles”, “Soybeans”, and “Brushes with Greatness” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her micro-prose “How a Woman Falls in Love”, “Seven Miles”, “Soybeans”, and “Brushes with Greatness” from the Down in the Dirt 1-4/22 Down in the Dirt issue collection book “The Ice that Was” on 8/3/22 on the 1st Wednesday of the month (1:00-3:00 PM CST) in honor of ‘Community Poetry’ (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera; posted on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Scars Publi cations 2022 annual collection book “Running Ou t of Time” prose “Seven Miles” and “Brushes with Greatness”, and her poem “Hydrogen: One Against One” (which is also in her book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) to close her “Poetic License 4/2/23 global open mic” through a Zoom meeting and a Facebook event page (from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).

This was also a Facebook live video stream (from a Samsung S9 camera; on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

Ecstasy

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read live 09/06/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago

Watch this Complete feature video of Kuypers live 09/06/11, at the Café open mic in Chicago, performing readings (including this writing) from the book Contents Under Pressure

Gabriel
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read live 08/16/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago

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the same video as above, from 08/16/11, at the Café through archive.org

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of the intro to the 08/16/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her short story “Gabriel”

Getaway (poetry turned to prose)

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(1:11) read live 01/25/11 from the ISBN# & ISSN# book a Wake-up Call from Tradition, live at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro at the the Café Chicago open mic 01/25/11 & the poems Getaway, Couldn’t Take It Home, His Mom’s Car, At Least That’s What I Hear, and Thinking. I Hate That.

Golfing With George Eastmen (poetry turned to prose)

How Are You

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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago.

This video is w/ the Internet Archive

Or view the the 2009 Poetry Game Show mpeg video (from another camera) at
the Internet Archive

Order this writing as it appears in the 6" x 9" ISSN# perfect-bound paperback book Pulled the Trigger from her v4 cc&d collection book from v189 to v216, through Amazon.

Order this writing as it appears in the 6" x 9" ISSN# perfect-bound paperback book UNcorrect from a 2007 show, plus 1990s chapbook bonuses, through Amazon.

Order this writing as it appears in the 6" x 9" ISSN# perfect-bound paperback book Chapter 38 v2 as a 270-page 2nd volume collection of her performance poetry, through lulu.

Order this writing as it appears in the 6" x 9" ISSN# perfect-bound paperback book the Written Word a book of her short prose, journals, prose poetry, through lulu.

Order this writing as it appears in the 6" x 9" ISSN# perfect-bound paperback book Evolution as a 368-page collection of her writing appearing in cc&d in 2009, through lulu.

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of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera

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of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Sony camera

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of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Mini camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera

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video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this writing) from the Sony camera

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video 08/26/11 of her prose (and this writing) read at the WZRD radio show from the mini cam

See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See YouTube video 2/25/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her 2 poems, “Violations tested”, & “Holding My Hand”, + her prose “How Are You” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry: Spoken & Heard(this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

I Remember

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Listen: (26:52)

to this recording from Fusion

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading majority of her prose poem “I Remember” (with a talk about AIDS) live 10/18/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers introducing the 10/18/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, including her reading part of her prose “I Remember”, with AIDS talk

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading majority of her prose poem “I Remember” read from her poetry book “Close Cover Before Striking” live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading majority of her prose poem “I Remember” read from her poetry book “Close Cover Before Striking” live 2/15/20 at the Austin “Open Mic Showcase” at Recycled Reads (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram & Tumblr).

in the Projects

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Live at One Acts (camera #1, 07/06/09

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Live at One Acts (camera #2, 07/06/09

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of One Acts

(camera #1, 07/06/09)
from the Internet Archive

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of One Acts (07/06/09, camera #2)... from the Internet Archive

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read live in the show “hmmm” 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago

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of the entire Janet Kuypers show “hmm” live 11/20/11 at the Café open mic in Chicago

Losing My Best Friend. (poetry turned to prose)

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live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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(with the “line drawing” filter)
live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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(recorded with a metallic filter)
live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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(with the Pastel Sketch filter)
live at the Café in Chicago 03/02/10

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of Kuypers reading this poem at the open mic 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

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of Kuypers’ open mic 6/20/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, which includes this poem

Ranting

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to the CD recording
of this piece, on the Entropy Project

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Live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show, live in Chicago 04/14/09

Or see the complete feature video with Kuypers & 6 readers, w/ 15 poems & prose poems live at the 2009 Poetry Game Show 04/14/09 in Chicago.

This video is w/ the Internet Archive

The YouTube video of the 2009 Poetry Game Show can also be viewed at

Poetry Visualized

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the Internet Archive

Watch the YouTube video
of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Canon camera

Watch the YouTube video
of this prose 08/28/11, first in in her book Contents Under Pressure, read on WZRD radio, from the Sony camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this writing) from the Sony camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 08/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (incliding this writing) from the Canon camera

letter to a troubled friend
letters from war time
paint a suicide picture

Prom ‘97 — or Doing Things Right

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read live 08/23/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago

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of the intro to the 08/23/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & her reading her short prose “Prom ‘97 — or Doing Things Right”

seeing things differently

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of Part one of the short story

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of Part two of the short story

11/09/10 live, the Café Chicago poetry open mic

stalker - the final pages of fear
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12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

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(with the last line of the story cut off on this video) 12/04/10 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show the Stories of Women

See Kuypers’ full show video
with this & more from the TV monitor in the the Stories of Women show, in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 at Swing State

See the full show video of Kuypers reading this & more in the the Stories of Women show in in Visual Nonsense, live in Lake Villa 12/04/10 with this writing at Swing State (last line of last story cut off)

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(7:20) read w/ John Yotko live 05/17/11 at the Café in Chicago

See YouTube video from the intro to the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, and her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, & her short story Stalker

See YouTube video of two mini-features at the 05/17/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, 1st of her poems End of an Empire, Escape my Brain Somehow, Elephants Carry the World, one by one, the beech trees fell, Before it Occurred to Me, then of her short story Stalker (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

the twin within

See a YouTube video of John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers short story “The Twin Within” from the Janet Kuypers book “Close Cover Before Striking” live 10/14/20 for The Café Gallery 10/14/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera and posted on Facebook).

See a Facebook live video stream of John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers short story “The Twin Within” from the Janet Kuypers book “Close Cover Before Striking” live 10/14/20 for The Café Gallery 10/14/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery 2020 book reading series (this video was filmed and streamed live from a Samsung S9 camera).

Type “A” Person
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from the Chaotic Collection

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CD:

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to the CD recording of this piece from the CD (used for the show) Changing Gears - or order ANT track from the CD Changing Gears through iTunes.

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(3:35)
Live at Changing Gears 06/17/03

the Kuypers-Pettus CD Live at Cafe Aloha

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to this from “Live at Cafe Aloha” (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show) - or order ANY track from the CD “Live at Cafe Aloha” through iTunes.

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(8:03) recorded of dancing Boobies
(birds called Nazca Boobies, Punta Suarez,
Espanola Island 12/25/07, Galapagos Islands)

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to this live recording
from the book Urbanation release show

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(5:30) live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10

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of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 10/12/10, w/ Kuypers reading her prose “Type ‘A’ Person”

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(4:43) live 10/15/10 at Power Networking for Success JK poetry show

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live JK poetry show w/ gutar 10/15/10 at
Power Networking for Success with
“Type A Person” & “Communication”

See YouTube video from 4/29/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Type “A” Person”, then her poems “Venture to the Unknown” and “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v1” toward the end of the Austin 2018 Poetry Bomb at the Baylor Street Art Wall (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video from 4/29/18 of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Type “A” Person”, then her poems “Venture to the Unknown” and “I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 38 v1” toward the end of the Austin 2018 Poetry Bomb at the Baylor Street Art Wall (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperspoetrybomb

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2018 Book Release Reading 7/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 7-8/18 book “The Last Guru” performance art “Live at Café Aloha” poem “The State of the Nation” and her prose “‘Type A’ Person”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (video filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2018 Book Release Reading 7/4/18, where she read her Down in the Dirt 7-8/18 book “The Last Guru” performance art “Live at Café Aloha” poem “The State of the Nation” and her prose “‘Type A’ Person”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoem #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2018 Book Release Reading 7/4/18, where she read her “Finding Where We’re From and the Future” performance art poems “Barbie” and “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” from the cc&d 7-8/18 book “Black and White”, then she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Last Guru” performance art “Live at Café Aloha” poem “The State of the Nation” and her prose ““Type A” Person”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ July 2018 Book Release Reading 7/4/18, where she read her “Finding Where We’re From and the Future” performance art poems “Barbie” and “Burn It In (reaching the end edit)” from the cc&d 7-8/18 book “Black and White”, then she read her Down in the Dirt 6/18 book “The Last Guru” performance art “Live at Café Aloha” poem “The State of the Nation” and her prose ““Type A” Person”, in Community Poetry @ Half Price Books (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her Periodic Table poem “Touching Cobalt” from her v5 cc&d poetry collection book “On the Edge”, then her new poem “Like Nothing Ever Happened”, then her prose “Type A Person” from her performance art collection book “Chapter 48 (v1)”, all live 11/17/18 at “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (Panasonic Lumix T56).

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