Read New Modern American Prose by Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

prose prose

Prose, Short Stories, and monologues
are sorted alphabetically.

Had A Point, 2005

Hancock Suicide, Chicago, December 1994, 2005

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Live at the Cafe,
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to this recording from Fusion

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live, 18 Years of Beach Poets
08/31/08, Chicago

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(3:00) live 09/18/10 at Vittorio Carli’s Pilsen open mic at Cafe Mestizo

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ 4 poems walking home from school, Hancock Suicide, Chicago, December 1994, a woman talking about her rapist friend and Last Before Extinction at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing (with a “darkness” theme) in Wicker Park, Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

Hatred, When Love Should be Good
prose form the 2/15/05 show “How Do I Get There?”:

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live at the show How Do I Get There 02/15/05, Chicago

having children one day

the poetry audio CD set “HopeChest in the Attic”

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of Janet Kuypers reading (C) her prose Having Children One Day live 7/30/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Having Children One Day live 7/30/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (Edge Detection)

He Told Me His Dreams Nine, 2005

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to the CD recording from the
CD Rough Mixes, by Pointless Orchestra

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

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(1:52) from the Dreams show, 02/03/04

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(1:11) the TV screen broadcast from the live Chicago show Dreams 02/03/04

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off the CD and show Dreams (2/3/04)

Headache, 2005

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

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to this with
the Second Axing

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to the 2^nd Axing
at the open mic Sing Your Life

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to this performed live
at the show Not Mute

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(:49, 05/05/07)

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(3:46) 3 poems read live (05/19/07) at the Jared Smith book release: Too Far, Headache & the Burning.
from the Internet Archive

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live at the Winking Lizard in Ohio 10/10/08

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to this performed live at The Cafe 11/04/03 (1:04, 1 meg)

Helping Men in Public Places 2010

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to music from the CD
Tick Tock (with music by 5D/5D)

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

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live, Regina’s Place 01/15/10 Chicago

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live at New Year’s Unplugged

Here’s your chance, 2005

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

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Holding my Skin Together, 2005

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of this, from the CD Change/Rearrange

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to this w/ the DMJ Art Connection
off the CD Chaos In Motion

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live, the Cafe’s Poetry Wheel (Mach 2) 08/26/08, Chicago

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

Hope and Taxes, 2005

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

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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

having company over

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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Having Company Over live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Having Company Over live 6/19/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

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of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/19/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, in a video that contains this writing

How a woman falls in love

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her prose How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of the Janet Kuypers reading her prose How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video of 2 prose pieces by Janet Kuypers: dandelions for a passing stranger and How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of 2 prose pieces by Janet Kuypers: dandelions for a passing stranger and How a woman falls in love live 5/9/15 at the Art Colony in Chicago (Canon Power Shot)

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Hope Chest In The Attic
13 Years of Poetry & Prose ...Or order
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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

how to cry

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose how to cry live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon fs200 video camera)

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose how to cry live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon PowerShot camera)

how you looked then

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(2:02) read live 01/18/11 from the ISSN# & ISBN# book Finally, Literature for the Snotty and Elite, live at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro and readings (including this piece), live 01/18/11 at the Chicago open mic at the Café

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose How you looked then live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her prose How you looked then live 6/12/13 as the intro to the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (Sony)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers hosting the open mic 6/12/13 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago, including her reading this and other poems & prose!

Hurry Up and Wait

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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

Watch the full show “One Acts”
(from camera #1) live 7/6/09
This film is from the Internet Archive
(this video appearing on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, & Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

Watch the full show of One Acts (7/5/09, camera @#035;2).
(this video appears on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

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(2:44) read from the April 2011 issue (v093) of Down in the Dirt magazine (which is also available as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book Wake Up and Smell the Flowerslive 04/05/11 at the Café in Chicago

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of the intro to the 04/05/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago as well as original writing, including this piece

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Hurry Up and Wait 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (from an iPhone).

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Hurry Up And Wait 7/9/16 at Native South Food Park poetry and music event in Austin TX (filmed with an iPhone, and given an Edge Detection filter).

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 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Waiting to Take the Plunge”, then her prosepoem “Hurry up and Wait”written and first performed in her “One Acts” show and read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, then she sang, with John on guitar, the George Michael song “Waiting (Reprise)” live 1/24/17 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Waiting to Take the Plunge”, then her prose poem “Hurry up and Wait”written and first performed in her “One Acts” show and read from her performance art poetry book “Chapter 48 (v 1)”, then she sang, with John on guitar, the George Michael song “Waiting (Reprise)” live 1/24/17 at “Thirsty Thursday” in Dripping Springs (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

my hand to jkchair with moving hands, anim

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