Read New Modern American Prose by Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

prose prose

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Keep Driving 2010

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See the video from YouTube
read from cc&d (v213), the 10/10 issue
and the 6" x 9" ISBN# book Out of the Web,
live at the Café in Chicago 10/12/10

Watch the YouTube video
Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11

See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing

Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 6/4/12

Keep me Sane 2010

Watch this YouTube video
of the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 08/10/10, w/ Kuypers reading this poem - and more

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera)

Watch this YouTube video
live at the Café in Chicago 08/10/10

Keep Them Apart 2010

Watch the YouTube video
Live at Twitter Inside Chicago feature 05/21/10

or See the YouTube video
of the first third of the Chicago feature Twitter Inside 05/21/10 with this writing

Watch this YouTube video
live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video
of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video
of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch the Full Video

from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch the Full Video

from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

See the YouTube video
Live at My Soul in the Trunk of my Car at Trunk Fest (part 2), in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 05/28/11

See the YouTube full video of My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2) at Trunk Fest, live 05/28/11, w/ this writing

Download the chapbook with this writing in My Soul in the Trunk of my Car (part 2)

Watch this YouTube video
of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 6/4/12

Watch this Youtube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13
“Keep Them Apart” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading

Watch this Youtube video
of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem)

Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook
the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated
for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets”

Key To Survival 2010

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

this same track also is on Live at the Café,
now available in a 3 CD set

poetic pieces: poetry & editorials CD by Janet Kuypers

Get this on Poetic Pieces -
a CD of poetry & editorials
for only $14.99
(with free shipping!).

Watch this YouTube video
(5:34) from the Chicago performance art show {Stripped} live 06/07/05

see the entire performance

of {Stripped} live 06/07/05 in Chicago, via the Internet Archive

King of the Universe

Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD the Elements ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

(6:52)
King of the Universe and Changing Garments

from the show 6/11 06/11/02, from the Internet Archive

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live at 6/11 in Chicago 06/11/02

Watch the YouTube video
live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 at Beach Poets

Enjoy the full video of the Beach Poets Death ‘n’ Rebirth 7/11/10 show from archive.org... (on Facebook, Twitter, Linked in, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging #janetkuyperschicago #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature

wdownload this and other poems in the free chapbook Death ‘n’ Rebirth
of all the writing in the 7/11/00 live Beach Poets show

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her prose King of the Universe live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (from a Canon fs200 camera)

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her prose King of the Universe live 9/17/15 at Story Teller Night at Roots Room in Chicago (filmed with a Canon Power Shot)

Listen: (3:23)

to this recording from Fusion, or order any track off the music/poetry CD from iTunes!

Killing the Tired, 2005

Knelt and Cried 2010

the CD Singular, based on the 11/21/06 Chicago poetry show

Listen

to the DMJ Art Connection,
off the CD Singular

Knotted Hate 2010

Watch this YouTube video
Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #1, Chicago, 07/31/09)

Watch this YouTube video
Live at Disenfranchised Doggerel (camera #2, Chicago, 07/31/09)

See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #1)

This film is from the Internet Archive

See the full Disenfranchised Doggerel show video w/ this poem (camera #2)

This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch this Youtube video
of Janet Kuypers reading this poem 5/18/13
“Knotted Hate” in Nashville TN in the Tag Team feature reading

Watch this Youtube video
of the Janet Kuypers & C Ra McGuirt “Tag Team” 1+ hour feature in Nashville 5/18/13 (which includes this poem)

Download this in a free 5/18/13 chapbook
the Tag Team Reading, of poems slated
for the Janet Kuypers/C Ra McGuirt book “Tag Team Poets”

Knowledge
[in French] [in German] [in Italian] [in Portuguese] [in Spanish]
Order this writing in the book (woman.)

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:

Watch this YouTube video
12/04/10 from the TV camera in Lake Villa at Swing State, live in her show the Stories of Women

Watch this YouTube 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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