Distinctively Dionysian

  Bonjour, amis. Apologies for the lack of updates in this space—je suis occupée! Been translating like crazy, finishing my book, getting our private press off the ground (new presses et vintage machines, yay!), and building a site, alongside all the printing and mailing. (Whew! I’m not sure what happened, but we’ve gained a wave of lovely new correspondents and subscribers. For longer letter senders, do be patient with our replies. I like to write with intent for one, but also,  the mail is sent up from the States, so it can take a minute. Merci.) Onward..

   But today, enfin, an update—the next issue is ready, and she is a beauty!

  With the coming season, a special edition—Egoïste Exégèse—a seductive shift, a nouvelle métamorphose, better capturing my desires. If past issues were a bacchanal of inspirations—forty pages bursting like a collage of whatever delighted my mind that season (printed by ma fille et co.)—this new issue, fully in my hands, is one step closer to you, brushing against the skin. The issues are now more like a distillation—a deliberate concentration of thought and play, where the writing leans more intimate, insolent, and personal. It is a more potent invitation, provocation, un joli défi to write deeper, strip away the unnecessary, and let each word bruise or bloom as it pleases.

Journal as Object — A New Sensuality of Paper & Print

 This issue (re)introduces Distinctively Dionysian in its most ravishing form—un objet d’art that better reflects my time with it and the heightened spirit within the pages. I am wildly enamored with the paper et I cannot wait for subscribers to feel it. Printed on handmade, cold-pressed cotton—each page touched with that irregular elegance only genuine handcraft offers—the kind of thing your hands wish to linger on. It’s a bit of a plaything, too—I’ve been experimenting with algae inks; soft on the eye but bold enough, absorbing into the paper’s texture like whispered secrets. This issue flirts between methods: linocuts, block prints, offset, digital, and risograph… all layered together. Every technique chosen for the sheer plaisir of texture and possibility.

 It is undoubtedly a more genuine reflection of moi and the spirit of Dionysian—not only in look and feel but in the way it was made: playful, intentional, willing to trespass between mediums for the sake of beauty. J’adore the harmony between form and content—an elevation worthy of the writing.

In the issues following Egoïste Exégèse—Mi-Printemps—we will feature new writings from those I’ve found along the way, those I admire or am drawn to, whether for their art, books, thinking, or their singular way of life.

  As for practicalities—Dionysian now carries a price of $18, owing to the handmade paper, the inks, the time spent courting the press machines, and to balance the gracious (and ever-growing!) habit of trades and gifts offered in the spirit of mutualité (which we love!). However, mes plus charmants correspondants—the lovelies who have been with Dionysian since its earliest fêtes—you remain at $15, bien sûr. A small merci for your dance alongside… <3

But enough of that—what matters most is this: a new issue is here, and the pages await you, freshly pressed, ready to be devoured.

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   Also picture, new mini ‘pocketbook’ treasures. These little soft treats accompany an upcoming book by yours truly, titled Les Femmes Anarchistes Individualistes : De La Belle Époque À Nos Jours (The Individualist Anarchist Women, from the Belle Époque to Today). These luxe little saddle-stitched booklets contain micro-biographies of some of the women from the book. (Each woman has her own—like the one pictured here, for example, Jane Libertad.) Currently sending them as gifts to Dionysians we correspond with et or do projects with but they will also be on the Bacchus site.

In other news…
Distinctively Dionysian is now wholly under Bacchus Editions. I’ll make a proper update on that soon.

More updates later ok? I hope this greets in good health et passionate play.
XO
Yours, FV