Design Commentary

One of the chief online literary influences for torches n’ pitchforks has been the online journal Tarpaulin Sky.  Founded by Poet and publisher Christian Peet, the journal pays close attention to both the form and content of their material, and their web design has lent itself to this process as well.  Viewing and reading Tarpaulin Sky is what planted the seed for me to create an online journal for Crook County teens in the first place.  It is somewhat of an ekphrastic exercise then- being both inspired by and entering into creative diologue with Tarpaulin Sky- that the home page design for our finale Crook County issue takes the shape that it does.  You can view our original inspiration from here.  Treat yourself to their design, and from their brilliant writers; some of which have been  personal as well as professional inspirations to me.