Bob Z, Panic Button Press, Sacramento CA
I get the feeling she knows her subjects well, and has a lot to say. She writes with strong feeling and passion, inspired dropper of verbal bombs.
Dusty Dog Reviews, CA
Ms. Kuypers shows us that, in certain circumstances, each person is an enormously authoritative reality to each other person. Ms. Kuypers is adept at creating an emotional layering. These poems document a very complicated internal response to the feminine side of social existence.
She gives us an intimate peek into the incarcerated existence of a woman who killed her boyfriend/rapist (“crazy”) and who was pronounced insane because of it. This tale displays such revelations into the inmate’s mind that I tend to believe it.
Sam Cucchiara, Editor, SlugFest
There is a compelling, intelligent, imaginative force in (Ms. Kuypers’) voice. I think I would unequivocally say that she has the rare gift of expressing the personal as universal - which is art. She’s an artist, and the world desperately needs more artists.
Jim Cohn, Editor, Napalm Health Spa
I was moved by the powerful sense of detail with which (Janet Kuypers) expresses her memories. Her work is excellent and should be seen.
Craig C. Russel, Editor, The Owen Wister Review
I had never heard of (Janet Kuypers) or her magazine, but suffice it to say, (after reading her work) I now want to read everything she has ever written. Kuypers’ work sent a chill down my spine, and it is easily the best poetry I have read since I started my stint as poetry editor here.
Dan Landrum, Editor, Taggerzine
Her honesty wakes me. (She makes) me examine my humility, the humiliation of being raped and I will no longer feel alone. I will thank her for rekindling the reminders of the mysteries of this paradoxical adventure we call day-to-day living. I will thank her for sharing her hopes, dreams, and joys along with the pain and confusion. I admire her courage, her self-honesty, her integrity in putting so much of herself into her work, into her art.
