Read New Modern American Prose by Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

prose prose

Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
are sorted alphabetically.

Canned Condolences 2010

Watch this YouTube video

Live at Mercury Cafe, live in Chicago 02/28/09

Or see the full YouTube video

of the full (give me 5 minutes) show, live in Chicago 02/28/09

Watch this YouTube video

(studio session 03/16/09)

Watch this YouTube video

performed for C Ra McGuirt (Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville 12/20/08

Cashews 2010

Watch this YouTube video

live at Beach Poets 07/13/08

07/13/08, Beach Poets

See the entire performance video, which contains this poem
(25:19) This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch the YouTube video
Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera

Watch the YouTube video
Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the mini camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera

See feature-length YouTube
video 06/26/11 of ~45 minutes of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the mini cam

Chain Smoking

the poetry audio CD set“HopeChest in the Attic”

Order this iTunes track
from the poetry audio CD
Hope Chest In The Attic
13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
the entire CD set from iTunes:

Change My Perspective, 2005

Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set
Watch this YouTube video live, Mercury Cafe 08/09/08, Chicago You can also see the above video at Imvite
see the entire performance live, Mercury Cafe 08/09/08, Chicago with film from the Internet Archive
Order this iTunes track: from the poetry audio CDetc. ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster CD: CD:
	Watch this YouTube video (1:32) studio session “etc.” book reading for audio CD 08/14/07

the book Changing Gears
prose and letters written
in 1997 and 1998, published in book form
in 1999 and 2004.
Contact Janet Kuypers to order a copy of this book.

Chess Game Again, 2005

Watch the YouTube video
(2:49) 02/26/08
Live at the Cafe in Chicago

Listen: (2:38)

to this recording from Fusion

Watch this YouTube video

of Kuypers reading poetry 02/28/08

Watch the YouTube video

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

See feature-length YouTube

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

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

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

Chicago, West Side (poetry turned to prose)

Watch this YouTube video
Live at Getting Wired (camera #1 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

Watch this YouTube video
Live at Getting Wired (camera #2 at Starbucks, Chicago, 08/08/09)

See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this poem (camera #1)

This film is from the Internet Archive

See the full Getting Wired show video w/ this writing (camera #2)

This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch the YouTube video

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

See feature-length YouTube

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

Watch the YouTube video

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

Christmas at the Old House

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Christmas at the Old House” with accompanying opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (filmed from a Kodak camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera

Watch this YouTube video
of ther reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music by the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) including this writing

Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading a number of her poems & prose including this writing (with music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (this video was filmed from a Kodak camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Order this iTunes track
from the poetry audio CD
Hope Chest In The Attic
13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
the entire CD set from iTunes:

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Christmas at the Old House” live 12/3/16 at the Expressions “Festive Seasons” open mic at the Bahá’í Faith Center in Austin (filmed from a Canon Power Shot camera).

Clay

Order this iTunes track
from the poetry audio CD
Hope Chest In The Attic
13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
the entire CD set from iTunes:

Order this iTunes track:

from the Chaotic Collection

...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes:

CD:

Listen

Live at the Café,
now available in a 3 CD set

See YouTube video

(3:10) Live at Beach Poets 08/14/05

See YouTube video
(4:36) recorded on the Pacific Ocean
12/07 near the Galapagos Islands

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Clay in v118 of Down in the Dirt magazine live 9/18/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (C)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Clay in v118 of Down in the Dirt magazine live 9/18/13 in Chicago at her the Café Gallery poetry open mic (S)

See YouTube video of Chicago poet Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Clay” and her poems “The Good “Doctor””, and “Seven Ten, Seven Twenty” from her book “Chapter 38 (v2)” 5/19/18 at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “And I’m Wondering” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v1”, her prose “Clay” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v2” and her poem “New To Chicago” from her poetry performance art book “Chapter 38 v3” 6/24/18 to “Spoken and Heard” @ Kick Butt Coffee (from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

Communication, 2005

Order this iTunes track:

from the Chaotic Collection

...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes:

CD:

Listen

to the CD recording
of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange

Listen

to this live

at
Live at Cafe Aloha (Janet Kuypers/Jason Pettus show)

Watch this YouTube video

live at the show Questions in a World Without Answers 10/05/04, Chicago

watch the full Questions in a World Withough Answers video live, including this poem in Chicago 10/05/04 (~21:56)

Listen

to this from the CD release
from the first performance art show
(08/14/97) Seeing Things Differently

Listen

to this radio recording
from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

Watch this YouTube video

(8:18) at the live Jesse Oaks live “UNcorrect” feature 06/21/07

Watch the YouTube video
(2:22) 04/01/05 (April Fool’s Day) Live at the DvA Chicago Art Gallery show Conflict • Contact • Control

Order this iTunes track:

from Chaotic Elements
(a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster

CD:

Order this iTunes track:

from Chaots in Motion
(a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster

CD:

Watch this YouTube video
(4:05) live 10/15/10 at Power Networking for Success JK poetry show

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

Watch this YouTube video
03/05/11 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show Letting it All Out

Watch this YouTube video
(5:56, of just the poem) 03/05/11 in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her “Visual Nonsense” show Letting it All Out

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers from the TV monitor in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 at Swing State

Watch this YouTube video
(34:48) of Kuypers in the “Letting it All Out” show, live in Lake Villa 03/05/11 with this writing at Swing State

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon Power Shot), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading 4 poems 8/31/15 at the Chicago open mic Weeds (Canon fs200), with an edited version of her poem Communication, plus her poems Death Takes Many Forms, True Happiness in the New Millennium, and Other Souls.

Listen: (6:46)

to this recording from Fusion

Coquinas, 2005

Order this iTunes track
from the poetry audio CD
“Oh.” audio CD
...Or order
the entire CD set from iTunes:

Order this iTunes track
from the poetry audio CD
Hope Chest In The Attic
13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
the entire CD set from iTunes:

Watch the YouTube video

Live at Taking Poetry to the Streets, in New Orleans 12/28/08

Order this iTunes track:

from Chaots in Motion
(a 6 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster

CD:

Listen

to the DMJ Art Connection,
off the CD Manic Depressive or Something

Listen to & download

this track from the DMJ Art Connection

Order this iTunes track:

from Chaotic Elements
(a 2 CD set)...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes or Napster

CD:

Listen

Live at the Cafe,
now available in a 3 CD set

Order this iTunes track:

at two locations:

from the Chaotic Collection
...Or order the entire 5 CD set from iTunes:
CD:

Watch this YouTube video
(3:47) recorded on the Pacific Ocean
12/07 near the Galapagos Islands

Watch the YouTube video
from IPB: the feature 06/29/11 of Impromptu Poetry on the Beach

See feature-length YouTube
video of many poems read at Beach Poets from IPB: the Impromptu Poetry on the Beach feature 06/29/11

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading a number of her poems & prose including this writing (with music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John) live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mic she hosted in Chicago on the LAST night this open mic was held at the Café before moving to a new location (this video was filmed from a Samsung camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersthecafegallery #janetkuypersinstagram

Watch this YouTube video
of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, vocals by Suzanne Hettinger, guitar by John Yotko) with this writing

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera

Watch this YouTube video

read live 12/18/11, at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with Opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera

Crazy

Listen: (18:34)

to this recording with eclectic jazz music from “Fusion”, or order this - or any track - off the CD through iTunes.

Watch this YouTube video
part 1 of the live reading show “crazy” in Chicago 10/20/09

Watch this YouTube video
part 2 of the live reading show “crazy” in Chicago 10/20/09

Watch this YouTube video
part 3 of the live reading show “crazy” in Chicago 10/20/09

Watch the full “crazy” show
of Kuypers reading live in Chicago 10/20/09, from the Internet Archive

Order the LIVE track on CD 13 from the CD set Live (an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)

(18:27) to the full show “crazy” live in Chicago 10/20/09

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Canon)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Kodak)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Sony)

See YouTube video
of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Canon), including this piece

See YouTube video
of most of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Kodak) including this piece

See YouTube video
of most of the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! full live show at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago 20121003 (Samsung), including this piece

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this piece in the live show the Janet Kuypers with the music of HA! at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 20121003 (Samsung)

See YouTube video from 4/2/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “All Men Have Secrets”, “High Roller” and “erasure poem: a Poetic History” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/9/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems “Tall Man”, “There I Sit” and “Optimizing your Odds” at “Kick Butt Poetry” in Austin (this video was filmed from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poem “you’ve left me on Siesta Beach” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (from a Sony camera).

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems (from a Sony) “Hiding Vices”, “Farmer” and “Haiku (poet)” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading a portion of her short story “Crazy”, then reading her poems (Canon psSX700) “Hiding Vices”, “Farmer” and “Haiku (poet)” at Austin’s “Recycled Reads” (this video was filmed from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry

See YouTube video from 4/15/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Poem About This”, “Frozen Together” and her prose poem “Hurry Up and Wait”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Recycled Reads” in Austin(from a Canon Power Shot SX700 camera).

See YouTube video from 4/22/17 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ultimate Connectivity: how coffee can be relaxing” and her haiku “ghosts”, then reading a portion of her short story “Crazy” at “Poetry Aloud” in Georgetown (this video was filmed from a Lumix camera).

See Facebook live video of segment #1 from the Janet Kuypers feature “Crazy” at the Kick Butt Coffee Music & Booze open mic Spoken and Heard (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See Facebook live video of segment #2 (to the end of the show) from the Janet Kuypers feature “Crazy” at the open mic Spoken and Heard (from a Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone).

See this YouTube video from 4/23/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her short story “Crazy” in her feature “Crazy” (with the intro by Brian Lamont) at Kick Butt open mic Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed from a Canon Lumix camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersfeature

See YouTube video from 4/23/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her short story “Crazy” in her feature “Crazy” (with the intro by Brian Lamont) at Kick Butt open mic Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed from a Canon fs200 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersfeature<

See YouTube video from 4/23/17 of Janet Kuypers performing her short story “Crazy” in her feature “Crazy” (with the intro by Brian Lamont) at Kick Butt open mic Spoken and Heard (this video was filmed from a Sony camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypersfeature

Crazy Women Talking: This Much I’ve Learned, 2005

Watch this YouTube video

live at the Cafe in Chicago 11/03/09

Do That For Me Then, 2005

Watch this YouTube video

live at the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union 05/09/09, Memphis w/ C Ra McGuirt

my hand to jkchair with moving hands, anim

Kuypers’ Bio Kuypers’ Books Kuypers’ Poems Kuypers’ Prose Chicago Poet and Poetry