Crazy
This is a chapbook of Janet Kuypers’s short story “ Crazy”, which was performed in an impromptu feature 10/20/09 at the Cafe in Chicago.
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the Cutting Room Floor
This is a chapbook of Janet Kuypers’s poems included in the 10/07/09 performance art show at the Palos Park Public Library includes select old poems plus a large number of new poems, including “Twitter length” poems (poems that can fit into private twitter “Tweets”, like on the invitation-only page http://twitter.com/janetkuypers)
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Chicago Calling
This is a chapbook of Janet Kuypers’s poems included in the 10/02/09 performance art show at the last night of performance art at Mercury Cafe in Chicago. All of these pieces were read live, and performed with musician recordings from other part of the country (like Tennessee, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Ohio, as well as England and South Africa).
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Getting Wired
This is a chapbook based on an 08/08/09 performance art show at Starbucks in Chicago.
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a Woman on the Beach
This is a chapbook based on an 08/02/09 performance art show at “Beach Poets” in Chicago.
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Disenfranchised Doggerel
This is a chapbook based on an 07/31/09 performance art show at Mercury Cafe in Chicago, with background music by Order from Chaos.
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One Acts
This is a chapbook based on an 07/06/09 performance art show in downtown Chicago.
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This is a chapbook based on poetry reading throughout the midwest (Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee) on 05/10/09, both before and after visiting the Creation Museum for humor’s sake (to witness the ludicrosity of the religious altering and misinterpreting of science to justify proofless beliefs). This chapbook contains not only poetry, but also an editorial about the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
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Venture to the Unknown
This chapbook of copyright-free images from NASA (through STScI) and the Hubble telescope over the years accompanies the single poem Venture to the Unknown, which was originally written forthe performance art show The Other Side. All of the images from the chapbook are also displayed on this website
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247.2 meg high-res version e-book/PDF file chapbook
the 2009 Cana-Dixie Union
by Janet Kuypers
a 05/09/09 Kuypers meeting with C Ra McGuirt (of Penny Dreadful Press) in Nashville, Tennessee is the second meeting of the two poetry heads. In this meeting they read poems (and as an added bonus John Yotko read a few poems and played the guitar, and Ryan Holder plated the guitar throughout the evening with original songs).
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the 2009 Poetry Game Show
by Janet Kuypers
a 04/14/09 Kuypers feature at the Cafe (5115 North Lincoln Ave., Chicago), where she is a game show host (of “the Poetry Game Show”), where 6 poets and musicians (Charlie Newman, Bob “the Bobster” Rashkow, Cathleen Schandelmeier, John Yotko, Chris Gallinari and Wayne Allen Jones) “compete” by reading one of her poems. This chapbook is what was read by contestants as well as Kuypers in this ‒game show.”
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Once Took Poetry to the Streets
A poetry collection archive of poetry read over the years (and recorded to video) in assorted states, not only in the streets, but on mountains, at brewerys, in swimming pools, and more.
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(give me 5 minutes)
by Janet Kuypers
Poetry collected for a 5 minute poetry appearance February 28th at the Anniversary Mega Reading at Mercury Cafe (1505 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago) with new poetry and portry that has never been read before live.
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Taking Poetry to the Streets
by Janet Kuypers
After seeing an image of a Chicago poet reading poetry in the streets of Chicago for an event, Kuypers decided to collect some poems and read them not only in the streets, but also at parks, resaurants, a gas station and even a mall in Nashville (in from of the life-sized replica of the Parthenon), New Orleans and Naples in December 2008 (one poem was even read on the street on Christmas day).
You can also view the Taking Poetry to the Streets for video from reading poetry in the streets.
a cc&d chapbook
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by Janet Kuypers
a chapbook of Janet Kuypers writings read by both Janet Kuypers and C Ra McGuirt (founder of Pennt Dreadful Press) at C Ra McGuirt’s Nashville, Tennessee retreat on both 12/20/08 and 12/21/08.
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