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Below are text links and videos from a March 30, 2010 (3/30/10) evening of poetry and performance art at the Café...

the introduction to the Café
and poem readings
video See YouTube video of the open mic intro at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10 & the poems “More Believable That Way, “Thank You, Women Who Work 1, “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation”, and “Hiding Vices“, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

..or view the poem separately from the introduction

the poem
More Believable That Way
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “More Believable That Way” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

the poem
Thank You, Women Who Work I
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Thank You, Women Who Work I” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

the poem
Thank You, Women Who Work II
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Thank You, Women Who Work II” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”,

the poem
Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

the poem
Hiding Vices
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Hiding Vices” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

the poem
Gift of Motherhood I
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Gift of Motherhood I” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

the poem
Gift of Motherhood II
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Gift of Motherhood II” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10, read from the 2nd printing of the book “Contents Under Pressure”.

or watch all of the religion-based poems
read because it was during Passover, before Easter
read from the book Contents Under Pressure
just re-released, and now available for sale
video Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 3/30/10: “More Believable That Way”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 2”, “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation”, “Hiding Vices”, “Gift of Motherhood 1”, and “Gift of Motherhood 2” (with the “line drawing” filter), read from the 2nd printing of the book Contents Under Pressure.
video Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 3/30/10: “More Believable That Way”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 2”, “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation”, “Hiding Vices”, “Gift of Motherhood 1”, and “Gift of Motherhood 2” (with a metallic filter)read from the 2nd printing of the book Contents Under Pressure.
video Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 3/30/10: “More Believable That Way”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 2”, “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation”, “Hiding Vices”, “Gift of Motherhood 1”, and “Gift of Motherhood 2” (with the “solarize” filter)read from the 2nd printing of the book Contents Under Pressure.
video Watch the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading all of the religion-inspired poems read live at the Café on 3/30/10: “More Believable That Way”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 1”, “Thank You, Women Who Work 2”, “Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation”, “Hiding Vices”, “Gift of Motherhood 1”, and “Gift of Motherhood 2”read from the 2nd printing of the book Contents Under Pressure.

the poem
The Things Warren Says
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “The Things Warren Says” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10.

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Warren Stories
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ poem “Warren Stories” live at the Café in Chicago 3/30/10.

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    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry for only $12.95 by sending an e-mail to Scars Publications.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set


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