We are pleased to release the first issue of Ventoux, an online literature magazine with contributions from the users of Petrarchan. See the announcement post on Substack here: https://ventouxmag.substack.com/p/issue1 Or, download it right away: https://petrarchan.com/ventoux/issue1/ventoux-issue1-web.pdf Thank you to everyone who contributed. Submissions remain open for Issue 2, please send your work to [email protected]
I saw your post on /lit/ about this
>with submissions from /lit/ notables including Lewis Woolston and Lucas Bineville!
I'm pretty sure those two are only remembered by /lit/ for writing badly, if at all.
It looks nice anyway, so I'll try to give it a read. Is there a particular reason why I can't select the text? From the way it loads, it looks like it's embedded in there and not just a vector, but maybe I'm wrong (the filesize is also a little surprising).
>>5545
I saw your post on /lit/ about this
>with submissions from /lit/ notables including Lewis Woolston and Lucas Bineville!
I'm pretty sure those two are only remembered by /lit/ for writing badly, if at all.
It looks nice anyway, so I'll try to give it a read. Is there a particular reason why I can't select the text? From the way it loads, it looks like it's embedded in there and not just a vector, but maybe I'm wrong (the filesize is also a little surprising).
You can select the text in the accessible version
Fuck yeah, I made it in.
Kudos to all who made it happen.
well done
weird that there's no cover but nice that the table of contents actually matches the .pdf page #
Open question to everyone who has read it, what is your favourite piece from issue 1? Why do you like it?
Also, what sort of things are you hoping to see more of in issue 2?
Anonymous :
18 days ago :
No.5575
>>5588
>>5575
>I also prefer to write instead of read others’ writing at this stage
>>5592>>5575
This is very gracious of you.
I thought it was a great community effort so I won't trash it, but my taste leans squarely non-fiction. I didn't find any of it personally gripping. I also prefer to write instead of read others' writing at this stage. So it goes.
>>5575
I thought it was a great community effort so I won't trash it, but my taste leans squarely non-fiction. I didn't find any of it personally gripping. I also prefer to write instead of read others' writing at this stage. So it goes.
>I also prefer to write instead of read others’ writing at this stage
>>5575
I thought it was a great community effort so I won't trash it, but my taste leans squarely non-fiction. I didn't find any of it personally gripping. I also prefer to write instead of read others' writing at this stage. So it goes.
This is very gracious of you.
good effortpost
Anonymous :
17 days ago :
No.5612
>>5621
>>5612
The framing is the part I think is dumb. Like if someone reviewed a book of poetry by saying "I don't like poetry." I don't particularly like the handful of pieces I've read so far in this issue either, but it's not because I don't like poetry or fiction or non-fiction.
Anonymous :
17 days ago :
No.5621
>>5636
>>5621
Stop trying to logically disprove a mild critique. This is the first edition of an e-zine that only has one word as its title and is explicitly open-ended. It doesn't say "Ventoux: The Tumblr Prose Files" so why are you trying to epically own me by saying I should have known what was inside before I opened the file?
>>5612
The framing is the part I think is dumb. Like if someone reviewed a book of poetry by saying "I don't like poetry." I don't particularly like the handful of pieces I've read so far in this issue either, but it's not because I don't like poetry or fiction or non-fiction.
>>5621
>>5612
The framing is the part I think is dumb. Like if someone reviewed a book of poetry by saying "I don't like poetry." I don't particularly like the handful of pieces I've read so far in this issue either, but it's not because I don't like poetry or fiction or non-fiction.
Stop trying to logically disprove a mild critique. This is the first edition of an e-zine that only has one word as its title and is explicitly open-ended. It doesn't say "Ventoux: The Tumblr Prose Files" so why are you trying to epically own me by saying I should have known what was inside before I opened the file?
>5636
The biggest problem with "Ventoux" is its gay name.
Good issue. The highlight was definitely Wrestle Tough.
very nice
>>5877
>>5775
agreed, just meant, made real in the ether of online worldism
fair enough, yes we have had some submissions coming in over the last week, am looking forward to sitting down with a cup of tea or maybe a glass of wine and reading through them
archiving the original thread before it dies
https://archive.md/obMug
Great work jg!
You retards never went to a serious college neither had any life experiences before yet you think you can write.
Why would anyone post their work on one of these?
Why would anyone post this?