List of participants: Chris Alexander (NYC), Alexis Almeida (NYC), Roberto Balò (Prato), Stephanie Barber (Philadelphia), Erica Baum (NYC), Courtney Bush (NYC), Alessandra Capodacqua (Florence), Felipe Cussen (Santiago, Chile), Mónica de la Torre (NYC), Claire DeVoogd (NYC), Robert Fitterman (NYC), Ethan Fortuna (NYC), Sophia Le Fraga (Los Angeles), Kristen Gallagher (NYC), Henry Goldkamp (New Orleans), Sanja Grozdanic (NYC), Aurelia Guo (London), Sabine Herrmann (Berlin), Atef Al Jaffal (Baghdad), Josef Kaplan (Philadelphia), Christine Kelly (North Adams, MA), Klaus Killisch (Berlin), Tyler Little (NYC), Matt Longabucco (NYC), Kristin Lucas (Austin), Monica McClure (NYC), Holly Melgard (NYC), Hella Mewis (Baghdad), Joe Milutis (Seattle), Cole Modell (Pittsburgh), Yedda Morrison (San Francisco), Joseph Mosconi (Los Angeles), Sean Munro (New Orleans), Anna Murray (Dublin), Théo Robine-Langlois (Paris), Kim Rosenfield (NYC), Zaid Saad (Baghdad), Jeff Shapiro (Siena), Ed Steck (Pittsburgh), Luke Stettner (Columbus, OH), Barrett White (NYC), Sam Winston (London), Joey Yearous-Algozin (NYC)
JAZZ Joe Milutis
RESPONSES
Roberto Balò
Stephanie Barber
Erica Baum
The Story of Jazz
Courtney Bush
JAZZ FOR KIDS
On the bus, as always, people talk my ear off when I am with Augie, who just turned two and is excessively cute and smart. He has been speaking in full sentences for six months. A sentence he recently spoke to me: I eat people. He told me this as I was changing his diaper after his nap. I said Augie, no sweet boy, we don’t eat people. He said no, I eat people, distinguishing the we from the I, correcting my misunderstanding. So this woman on the bus wouldn’t stop trying to show us Instagram videos of a mouse named Tony counting to ten. I was like honey, Augie can count to like… a million, he’s a genius. You don’t know us. Then she started obsessively recommending a class called “Jazz for Kids” at Lincoln Center. She borderline begged me to sign him up. I left the bus feeling violated and thinking of how adults are willing to project their interests onto innocent kids to validate themselves. Jazz for example. What is a two year old genius going to do with boring ass jazz for kids, I’m sorry but he’s smarter than that!!! Jazz I guess is fine? To some people? But jazz for kids? He could listen to regular jazz if he wanted to. It’s like the Beatles for kids. Like, they are smarter than you are thinking they are. They don’t need to be played jazz and the Beatles. They can listen to regular music. Whatever. I would spit on jazz for kids’ grave I think.
A lot of people say “I don’t like jazz” In high school I knew a girl named Jazzy One preconception Liking jazz has something to with Intellectual or aesthetic maturity One grows into jazz Not sure where that comes from Jazz brunch: A 21st century phenomenon You eat highly developed Breakfasts While people play saxophone What is jazz today A friend goes to the jazz bar in Bushwick It’s packed Jazz is an expensive habit Pure jazz As in the ideal If visible Might look something like a fractal Post Euclidean, a Nautilus I don’t know Maybe
a love supreme and a tribute to John Coltrane, this is over 60 years old and still the most contemporary and free. My lifelong admiring of his music. mixed media on paper, 100 x 151 cm, 39 x 59 in
Atef Al Jaffal
Klaus Killisch
JAZZ, collage, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm, 39 x 34inch
Kristin Lucas
A collection of objects my roommate Bea-the-dog unearthed from the yard this month.
Monica McClure
Holly Melgard, Joey Yearous-Algozin
we made her so technically we made her art
Joe Milutis
Cole Modell
Title: j a z z Date: 26.03.26 Medium: typewriter, ink and photocopy paper Artist: Cole Modell
List of participants: Chris Alexander (NYC), Alexis Almeida (NYC), Roberto Balò (Prato), Stephanie Barber (Philadelphia), Erica Baum (NYC), Courtney Bush (NYC), Alessandra Capodacqua (Florence), Felipe Cussen (Santiago, Chile), Mónica de la Torre (NYC), Claire DeVoogd (NYC), Robert Fitterman (NYC), Ethan Fortuna (NYC), Sophia Le Fraga (Los Angeles), Kristen Gallagher (NYC), Henry Goldkamp (New Orleans), Sanja Grozdanic (NYC), Aurelia Guo (London), Sabine Herrmann (Berlin), Atef Al Jaffal (Baghdad), Josef Kaplan (Philadelphia), Christine Kelly (North Adams, MA), Klaus Killisch (Berlin), Tyler Little (NYC), Matt Longabucco (NYC), Kristin Lucas (Austin), Monica McClure (NYC), Holly Melgard (NYC), Hella Mewis (Baghdad), Joe Milutis (Seattle), Cole Modell (Pittsburgh), Yedda Morrison (San Francisco), Joseph Mosconi (Los Angeles), Sean Munro (New Orleans), Anna Murray (Dublin), Théo Robine-Langlois (Paris), Kim Rosenfield (NYC), Zaid Saad (Baghdad), Jeff Shapiro (Siena), Ed Steck (Pittsburgh), Luke Stettner (Columbus, OH), Barrett White (NYC), Sam Winston (London), Joey Yearous-Algozin (NYC)
CHEAT CODE Christine Kelly
RESPONSES
Chris Alexander
Roberto Balò
Stephanie Barber
Erica Baum
Photo Enforced
Courtney Bush
A poem written with a cheat code: just write down the last thing said to you by as as many people you can think of
May 28 2025
Max told me take the white umbrella instead of the new rainbow umbrella. John said he loved to fight. Margaret said she had a vision for how to publish my letters, but poems for July would be fine. Jon said he liked my handwriting for the cover. Jake told me Payton met Madonna last night. Payton said it was just like meeting your friend’s mom. Maria said ciao. Nina asked if she could bring Emir over to play. Hue told me he would get to eat ice cream after surgery, so he was not afraid. Jamie said she took out the part I remembered from her book, when the Marschallin goes to see a movie. Nora asked how I ended my telling of the story of the time we saw Stalker at IFC then met a stalker at Papaya Dog. How do you land a story like that? Will told me he understood why I couldn’t come to the party but he’d just ordered a Cynar and soda. Sean said one reading at a time. Juliet said she didn’t need counsel she just wanted to see me. Aiden said he had another event that night. Jackson said he felt nauseous for no reason. Ed said he’d tell me about the time Tony Buba came into the store but not right now. Marco said ciao and thank you. Urush asked me about my fitness journey. I mean he used those words. Stacy said the boys couldn’t go to the soccer field because a real game was going on. My mom said she’d call back at a better time. My dad said he had seen his mom and felt, since she’d fallen, she wasn’t doing well. Gabe mentioned that mom had taken Molly somewhere and left her phone at home, so she didn’t know where her daughter was or if she’d had lunch. Jessa said the book launch would be fine, that I was not, as I feared, doing rush jobs for attention. Henry said he’d logged off the Zoom because he couldn’t stop laughing. Morgan said he did want to hold the baby for her first trip to see the ocean, and took her from my arms. Laura asked to see the picture I took of her baby holding forks at the restaurant. Teline said it had been nice to hang out. Kenta said I was beautiful. I don’t know if I like my own artwork, Julien confessed, which Andrew had told him was all that really mattered. John said shoes cost one thousand dollars. Drake said he’d gone many places with John that day to buy some shoes. Andy wanted to know which translator of the Guermantes’ Way to buy because he didn’t realize Lydia Davis only did Swann. Claire said she’d talk to Michelle about the fashion industry as research for her movie. Sophie said she wasn’t that tired. Michelle said she’s turning thirty-five next week which makes her think she’s dying so she’s been making doctor’s appointments. Milo said the urban legend I told him was not scary. Lily told me the creator of Chopped originally wanted dogs to eat the losing contestants’ meals. Max used a baseball metaphor to ask me to pick Milo up from school. Ted said he was one of my six, meaning one of the six people who would care if I stopped writing. Shiv told me to read the Faber Book of Movie Poems. Rainer said they couldn’t come to my book launch. Dante said they weren’t sure if they could babysit my cat in July. Jack asked if I’d give him my address. Ruzan said I deserved to be taken care of. Sabrina asked me if I had gotten back into therapy. Noman said Jing was doing great feeding the baby in the middle of the night. Alex said he was going to have lunch with the actress who wanted to play me in our movie, though she doesn’t know it’s me she’d be playing, only I do because I wrote it. Josh said thank you and that he’d bought more laundry detergent if I wanted to use it. Lexie said thank you and they’d leave me one hundred and fifty dollars. Violet asked me if I named my book after a specific movie. I didn’t speak to Rodrigo, we only kind of waved at each other. Anselm said he was going to Rodrigo’s before getting into a car, I assume to go there. Anna said she’d be gone for all of June. Kristina said I had great form and knew what I was doing. Sarah said she didn’t know what PLUR was. Karen said her Japanese toilet was her favorite part of her house. James called out for Jimmy the dog. Patti said she got that I was busy at the poetry conference, but since I was in town she really thought I’d make time to see her. I don’t remember what Beth said. Kyle said he’d love to have a copy of my book, and that he had also been experiencing a delayed grief about our relationship ending. Bill said he’s published twelve books already this year. LeeAnn said she was not trying to interrupt us but was just waiting for her gumbo. Coco told me her plans for Fire Island. Ada suggested we get dinner with Jake. Chris said the Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook was amazing, that they’d been gifted tickets. Kathy asked if I’d heard they were playing Baseball Is Cinema at Spectacle. Ari said it was wild to watch Mets clips at the theater. Grace said if they weren’t too scattered getting ready to travel the next day, they’d come to the book launch. Heather said she was excited for poetry workshop. Stella said she’d pay me Friday. Ben said he’s listening to death metal. Zach asked if it was okay if Laura’s book design is very similar to mine. Alex said he was going to an Italian restaurant for dinner even though he’s worried about money. Hannah said she’ll wear a pink Doen top to her opening in Los Angeles. Brandon said he was tempted to forward my email to Steve. Steve appreciated my email as it was encouraging and he’s been trying to find the strength to get his book, the one I was gushing about, back in print. Peter asked how I was. Tracy said we’d had the same day, because we’d seen each other at the barbecue in Bed Stuy and then the screening in the city. Shea said she would turn twenty-three in Taiwan. Tiziana called my fridge videos “poems.” Jeff said he’d put my copies in the mail. Rob said he’d put in a good word. Johnna said Luke had peed all over his clothes when he got to the hospital so she took them home to wash them, and when he woke up he got mad that she’d gone through his stuff, even though washing piss out of someone else’s clothes for them isn’t exactly that, right? It’s nice. Phil said standing room tickets at the Mets game were better than he imagined they’d be. Dan said he needed to talk to the sound guy because the vocal effect we wanted was going to require more equipment than he or I originally assumed.
Title: gta 5 cheat codes Date: 3.3.26 Medium: google image Artist: Cole Modell
Sean Munro
Anna Murray
Cheat Code [Failure]
I’m stuck again. I think I’ve looked up cheats or hints or solutions to maybe a third of the levels. Baba is You and box has key and door is locked and skull is defeat and defeat is failure and failure is failure.
I sink hours in strategy games on weekends, I bring a Switch while I travel, I have an impressive Steam library of indie releases, I finished all the bosses in Silksong. This is a puzzle game on my phone.
There’s a crossover with musical training in games, the ability to spend hours working on a fine motor skill and memory in order to reach some kind of achievement. Perfect and failure but that’s not acceptable so perfection and success and then criticism is failure so more perfection but it’s not really perfect though is it and failure and failure and that bit looks like success but it did come at great personal cost so maybe it’s actually failure and maybe I’m not being an artist properly and perfection and practice and failure and what do you mean I can’t use my hands properly because they’re in such knots and perfection and perfection and pain and perfection. Or maybe I’m good but just not smart?
I’m going to record this and put it all through Paulstretch. It’s ambient music’s cheat code.
List of participants: Chris Alexander (NYC), Alexis Almeida (NYC), Roberto Balò (Prato), Stephanie Barber (Philadelphia), Erica Baum (NYC), Courtney Bush (NYC), Alessandra Capodacqua (Florence), Felipe Cussen (Santiago, Chile), Mónica de la Torre (NYC), Claire DeVoogd (NYC), Robert Fitterman (NYC), Ethan Fortuna (NYC), Sophia Le Fraga (Los Angeles), Kristen Gallagher (NYC), Henry Goldkamp (New Orleans), Sanja Grozdanic (NYC), Aurelia Guo (London), Sabine Herrmann (Berlin), Atef Al Jaffal (Baghdad), Josef Kaplan (Philadelphia), Christine Kelly (North Adams, MA), Klaus Killisch (Berlin), Tyler Little (NYC), Matt Longabucco (NYC), Kristin Lucas (Austin), Monica McClure (NYC), Holly Melgard (NYC), Hella Mewis (Baghdad), Joe Milutis (Seattle), Cole Modell (Pittsburgh), Yedda Morrison (San Francisco), Joseph Mosconi (Los Angeles), Sean Munro (New Orleans), Anna Murray (Dublin), Théo Robine-Langlois (Paris), Kim Rosenfield (NYC), Zaid Saad (Baghdad), Jeff Shapiro (Siena), Ed Steck (Pittsburgh), Luke Stettner (Columbus, OH), Barrett White (NYC), Sam Winston (London), Joey Yearous-Algozin (NYC)
Faintly Tchaikovsky’s sixth can be heard Intertext: Where is he? First shot me walking up to the fridge and opening it, Tchaikovsky’s 6th blares Intertext: where is he?! Moving things around Intertext: too many sauces Series of still shots of single sauces lit dramatically from behind on the shelf Last one with a picture of Tchaikovsky on it Intertext: Tchaikovsky! Final shot I get it out and open it click Cut to black
Chippin in/dippin in for this month of wonder: “I eat pieces of book like you for brechtfast”
Aurelia Guo
Self-portrait in a fridge container mirror
Christine Kelly
Klaus Killisch
Tyler Little
here’s a picture four shelves on side one many pastes and oils pickled mango pickled green chilies miso soy sauces and habanero hot sauce among other things down below fibrous powders like psyllium husk roommates vitamins jams and jellies then down below vermouth from catering gig it was thrown away but is back not sure what happened there damn it I was wrong only three shelves central fridge is four quadrants eggs mashed potato leftovers neverending stuffing with grapes and apples rotting produce in the crisper drawers I wont say anything again
Title: what’s in my fridge Date: 11.15.25 Medium: chili flake oil Artist: Cole Modell
Anna Murray
Monica McClure
Théo Robine-Langlois
a light
illuminates
my insomnia
an angel
whispers
chhhhh
Kim Rosenfield
What’s in your refrigerator?
When I was in college my suitemate, Claire, was catsitting for a professor. She called me late one night in a panic and told me she’d just gotten back to the apartment and the cat was dead. We decided she should put it in the freezer until the owners got home. I don’t remember what happened next.
Zaid Saad
A picture of an Iraqi refrigerator from the 1990s, the Ishtar brand, made by Ai. Due to the American embargo on Iraq during the 1990s, it was difficult for Iraqis to obtain any kind of food. As an Iraqis we often mention that we couldn’t even get bananas, one of the simplest things.
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