A Couple Thousand Things I Like was created as part of an annual collaboration with Citation Needed to celebrate the work of Pittsfield Public School students through publication. 

The culminating project of 10 weeks of art and poetry workshops at Morningside Community Elementary School, A Couple Thousand Things I Like is printed in full color and features poetry by third-grade students and mixed media illustration by second-grade students. 5”X 7”, 120 pages, neon spiral-bound. 2026.

Featuring poetry, codes, and printmaking by third-grade students in Ms. Trivilino’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

7 X 7 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography, featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Featuring poetry, codes, comics, and illustration by third-grade students in Ms. Moon’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5.5 X 8.5 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Featuring poetry, codes, and mixed media artwork by second-grade students in Mrs. Quirk-Cairns & Miss Jess’s classes at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5 X 7 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Featuring poetry, codes, and watercolor crayon resist artwork by third-grade students in Ms. Benoit’s class at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

4.5 × 10 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using risography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100

This set of six unique artist books was created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). The material for the books was generated through a series of poetry and visual art workshops with 120 elementary school students and 25 high schoolers in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Each publication features a unique combination of student poetry, codes, and artwork made using printmaking, watercolor crayon resist, mixed media, and illustration. 

The books are saddle-stitched and each feature a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Printed using both xerography and risography, each book is a unique size and was made in an edition of 100. The full set comes inside of a limited-edition, risograph-printed folder, created by the 26 high schoolers during a field trip to the PRESS room at MCLA.

Featuring poetry, translation, multilingual codes, and printmaking by 26 students in Miss Coppola’s ESL classes at Pittsfield High School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

5.5 X 8.5 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

You Eat Sweet Oranges features poetry, codes, and mixed media artwork by second-grade students in Miss Horn & Mrs. Somerville’s classes at Morningside Elementary School. Created as a part of a socially-engaged, intergenerational publishing collaboration between The Mastheads, Citation Needed Press, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).

4.5 X 6 inches, saddle-stitched, printed using xerography featuring a letterpress cover with a unique polymer plate print illustration. Edition of 100.

Poetry by 2nd-grader Ashawn, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Amelia, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Emily, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by Pittsfield 4th-grader James, custom embroidered by Elegant Stitches. One size fits most!

Poetry by 2nd-grader Anushka, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!

Poetry by 3rd-grader Ederlin, custom-embroidered by Elegant Stitches. Green or Orange. One size fits most!