Doubly Mad: Utica's Independent Journal of Arts and Ideas

15/06/2024

You can find this year’s edition of “Doubly Mad” at Utica’s very own Emerson Ave Coffee ☕️ Pop in for your daily caffeine fix and get your fill of beautiful fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from local writers!

Newwww 2024 edition of is available at Emerson Ave!

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04/06/2024

This year’s edition of Doubly Mad is officially available!

Scan the QR Code or follow the link in our bio to secure your copy!

Thank you to all of our contributors and to CNY Arts whose funding makes this possible!

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03/05/2024

My friend Thomas Townsley is going to be playing at The Other Side on June 6. I CAN'T wait! This is the first time he's had a gig in our space for quite some time. Those of you who know Tom's skills with a harmonica know this is gonna be a good show, and if you know The Other Side, you know our space is gonna fill up quick. Get there early! Have a drink at the The Green Onion Pub. Buy a copy of the latest Doubly Mad: Utica's Independent Journal of Arts and Ideas!

15/04/2024

My recent poem "Double-jointed" was included in today's edition of Eunoia Review! Thanks to editor Ian Chung for including my work! Eunoia has had some pretty remarkable work up this month. I'm honored.

Restless—you know that it’s time to start something new. So fill a pot—cold water, onions, celery, carrots— and occupy yourself preparing what will be lentil soup. But while the broth simmers…

02/04/2024

Keep an eye out for our next publication, coming this Spring!

19/12/2023

Our Link for Thursday’s Livestream is in the post below as well as the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/live/_vTYPBnUiPg?si=KHNVEXnIpLaNu93g

On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:00pm, join us for an evening of poetry as we look back on 2023 and the poets whose work enticed and inspired us over the last twelve months!

Featuring poems by:
Louise Glück
Charles Simic
Jane Hirshfield

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This reading will be live streamed on YouTube @ TheOtherSideUtica

https://www.youtube.com/live/_vTYPBnUiPg?si=KHNVEXnIpLaNu93g

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Open to the Public!
Donation Welcome
Books available for sale

13/12/2023

Still scratching your head, wondering what to get friends and family this year? Don't leave great poetry out of the mix! We personally love unwrapping books and digging in. (Especially when it's time to find a hiding spot away from all that holiday cheer). Find our latest titles at Cafe Domenico, Keaton and Lloyd (keatonandlloyd.com/), doublymad.org/ and Amazon.com!

07/12/2023

On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:00pm, join us for an evening of poetry as we look back on 2023 and the poets whose work enticed and inspired us over the last twelve months!

Featuring poems by:
Louise Glück
Charles Simic
Jane Hirshfield

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This reading will be live streamed on YouTube @ TheOtherSideUtica

https://www.youtube.com/live/_vTYPBnUiPg?si=KHNVEXnIpLaNu93g

Subscribe and hit that bell for notifications!

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Open to the Public!
Donation Welcome
Books available for sale

18/11/2023

A HUGE thank you to everyone who turned out last night at The Other Side for PATRICK LAWLER'S reading! We had a good crowd, and people were catching the show live on The Other Side's new YouTube channel. If you missed the reading, but would like to hear Lawler read, check the link to stream the show. Another HUGE thank you to The Other Side's tireless Andrew Sblendorio, who set up for the event and managed all the tech. Like what you see on our YouTube channel? Give our video a like and subscribe so you'll see all of the readings and other events we offer.

If you enjoyed the show tonight, please help The Other Side by donating https://theothersideutica.org/donatePresented by Doubly Mad — https://doublymad.org/P...

17/11/2023

The link to watch tonight’s poetry reading at 7:00pm is below:

If you enjoyed the show tonight, please help The Other Side by donating https://theothersideutica.org/donatePresented by Doubly Mad — https://doublymad.org/P...

22/10/2023

Join us on Friday, November 17, 2023, at The Other Side The Other Side from 7:00pm - 9:00pm for a poetry reading from Patrick Lawler.

“Patrick Lawler is the author of “The Exhalation Therapist/Breathe a Wor(l)d” (Tiger Bark Press, 2022) as well as six other books of poetry, and two books of fiction. “Lawler has been one of CNY’s most acclaimed poets for nearly four decades...His poetry blends autobiography and social commentary with philosophical and theoretical concepts in innovative ways, yet his work remains accessible and often downright funny. Over the years, it has become common knowledge that no poet should dare to follow a Patrick Lawler reading, and now we in Utica have an opportunity to see why! This will be a premier poetry event— DON’T MISS IT!”

— Thomas Townsley

Books will be available for sale.

The event will be live streamed on www.YouTube.com/

Donations Welcome!

22/10/2023

Just a brief update of “Doubly Mad’s” Submission Guidelines:

“Doubly Mad” does not consider work that has been published previously in print or online journals, except by invitation. We do not exclude work from consideration if it has appeared in some form on social media; however, we ask that you inform us if this is the case. That said, we are not interested in casual blog posts, etc.

Do not submit more than one type of work at a time, and please do not submit more than once per reading period. Additional submissions will be deleted unread. Please follow our guidelines for each genre.

Also, please add our email address [email protected] to your contact list so we can communicate with you! Sometimes our messages are blocked or sent to a Spam folder.

01/10/2023

“Doubly Mad” is open to submissions starting tomorrow, October 2, 2023.

As a brief word about how we review submissions: We are living in a rich era of writing and art-making. The range of styles and methods are often hard to keep up with, and each has its own niche as well as its avenues for reaching an audience. “Doubly Mad” is itself an expression of this diversity. We like to read a wide array of material, and consequently avoid generalizing what we like with easy, but ultimately unhelpful, parameters. If a poem or story absorbs us, we are likely to want to include it in our publication. If it doesn’t, for technical reasons or personal preferences, we won’t. Because we are a small annual publication, we can’t possibly include all the work we want to! “Doubly Mad” publishes work by both emerging and established creatives and looks forward to your submissions.

If your work is accepted we reserve first publication rights which revert to the author after publication and ask that you acknowledge Doubly Mad in any subsequent publications of your work. We do occasionally exercise our right to edit accepted work and will review any edits with our contributors.

Nota Bene: We are an all-volunteer organization. Our readers and editors try to process submissions in a timely fashion, usually up to 3 months, but it may take longer. If you don’t hear from us after 3 months, feel free to email us with your name and the title of your submission in the subject line and we will respond asap. We accept simultaneous submissions, but we ask that you inform us immediately if your piece is accepted elsewhere for publication.

“Doubly Mad” is listed on Poets & Writers, Duotrope, NewPages.com, and The Short List. Thank you to everyone who supports independent publishing!

25/09/2023

Join us on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at The Other Side from 7:00pm - 9:00pm for the official release of Cindy Day’s book of poetry entitled “Complicated Thanks”.

“Cindy Day has the remarkable ability to examine the ordinary in life – a visit to a family homestead, a stop for coffee at a diner – in ordinary language that quietly achieves transcendence. These poems explore the span of a life, from childhood to the contemplation of morality: honestly, fearlessly, and with astonishing tenderness.”

— Margaret Thickstun, Jane Watson Irwin Professor of Literature at Hamilton College.

Books will be available for sale.

The event will be live streamed on www.YouTube.com/

Order Cindy Day’s book at: https://doublymad.org/Complicated-Thanks

Donations Welcome!

26/05/2023

https://doublymad.org/Complicated-Thanks

Pre-orders for Cindy Day's new collection of poems, Complicated Thanks, are now available. Other options to order are coming soon. Do you know a local bookstore that would like to offer Cindy's book? Let us know!

Complicated Thanks will be available on Amazon and other online retailers soon.

20/05/2023

We are so happy to share the news that COMPLICATED THANKS by poet Cindy Day will be available from Doubly Mad Books as of June 1, 2023!! Cindy is an incredible poet, and this is her first full-length collection. We are honored to have the opportunity to work with her. Here's what a few readers have had to say about COMPLICATED THANKS:

“I was thinking how inadequate sayings are—and useless,” says the narrator of “All The Time In The World,” one of the taut, finely constructed poems in Cindy Day’s new collection, Complicated Thanks. That distrust of sayings, of “false lessons,” accounts for Day’s deceptively understated approach in these vignettes exploring family dynamics, the snare of addiction, the things left unsaid, and the regrets and redemption that comprise a life. Each poem here is both vivid and restrained, and all of them manage to touch a nerve; collectively, they will resonate long after you’ve finished reading them.
Thomas Townsley Humanities Department Mohawk Valley Community College

Around the things most precious to us in life—our innermost admissions, the nourishing images that have been with us since childhood, the familiar contours of pain that help shape our adult identities—around these precious inner treasures, we build a walled garden. In her new and deeply stirring collection, Complicated Thanks, Cindy Day has deliberately placed a ladder against the walled garden of her own inner life, allowing brave readers to peer over the edge, and look in. The effect on this reader of what he saw was nothing short of transformative.

Allen Guy Wilcox Founder, Time’s Arrow Literature

Cindy Day has the remarkable ability to examine the ordinary in life—a visit to a family homestead, a stop for coffee at a diner—in ordinary language that quietly achieves transcendence. These poems explore the span of a life, from childhood to the contemplation of mortality: honestly, fearlessly, and with astonishing tenderness.
Margaret Thickstun Jane Watson Irwin Professor of Literature Hamilton College

30/03/2023

Copies of the new issue of Doubly Mad featuring Hayden Carruth's letters are selling fast! Without a doubt, this is our best issue to date. Want to pick one up? Head to Cafe Domenico if you live in Utica. Want to offer DM to your customers? Let us know. We are looking for new outlets. Not in the Utica area? No problem! Order copies here:

The newest issue of Doubly Mad features letters by well-known American poet Hayden Carruth! This issue also features new poetry by Darren C Demaree, Kofi Antwi, Suzanne O'Connell and many others; fiction by David Blistein and Anne Savage; and features the textile artwork of Julie Waldas!

24/03/2023

We are excited to announce that the 2023 issue of Doubly Mad is now available! This is undoubtedly our favorite issue, as it features some incredible poetry and fiction, and LETTERS BY HAYDEN CARRUTH!! To get a copy, follow the link, or drop by Cafe Domenico if you're in Utica to grab an issue, and a coffee to go with it.

The newest issue of Doubly Mad features letters by well-known American poet Hayden Carruth! This issue also features new poetry by Darren C Demaree, Kofi Antwi, Suzanne O'Connell and many others; fiction by David Blistein and Anne Savage; and features the textile artwork of Julie Waldas!

09/02/2023

Enact your own literary adventure at https://timesarrow.org/About this Episode:Time's Arrow Podcast host, Allen Guy Wilcox, speaks with renowned Mohawk Valle...

09/02/2023

We are excited to have Thomas Townsley back with Doubly Mad Books for the release of his newest book I Pray This Letter Reaches You in Time! To purchase: https://www.lulu.com/shop/thomas-townsley/i-pray-this-letter-reaches-you-in-time/paperback/product-9pzdyz.html?q=thomas+townsley&page=1&pageSize=4

And check out Tom's interview with Time's Arrow Literature's Allen Guy Wilcox here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUqIsrp_Iak

Enact your own literary adventure at https://timesarrow.org/About this Episode:Time's Arrow Podcast host, Allen Guy Wilcox, speaks with renowned Mohawk Valle...

10/05/2022

The new issue of Doubly Mad is hands down our best yet! Featuring the photography of Sylvia de Swaan, a fine selection of poetry and fiction, as well as an interview with Thomas Townsley, this is a not-to-be-missed edition of DM! To order copies:
https://doublymad.org/Doubly-Mad-Journal

08/08/2021

The new issue of Doubly Mad is finally out (after quite a few delays). This is one of our most exciting issues to date, featuring Robert Knight's photography and an interview with poet John Balaban! (If you don't know his work, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn about his poetry. He was kind enough to share two poems with Doubly Mad). This issue is mainly devoted to poetry. To buy a copy, head to Cafe Domenico (before it closes for renovations), Tom's in Clinton, or check our website doublymad.org.