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the hermit said: "Because the world is mad, the only way through the world is to learn the arts and double the madness. Are you listening?"

Doubly Mad hopes to present you with thought-provoking material which inspires you, which asks you to look at yourself and your world, and ultimately, which encourages you to refuse the mainstream narrative of what our society is and should be. Engage in your community, focus your energy and aspirations around a positive, creative work, and you will have liberated yourself from mass consumed ideal

s that are peddled as the “American Dream.”

We accept fiction, poetry, personal and socially themed essays, black and white photography, and black and white artwork. Send your submissions to [email protected]. "The hermit said: 'Because the world is mad,
'The only way through the world is to learn
'The arts and double the madness. Are you listening?'"
Robert Bly (From "Listening")

17/06/2025

Tonight, join Doubly Mad's Poetry Editor William Welch as he reads from his book Adding Saffron! Follow the link to join via zoom at 9:00 pm Eastern time. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88253760997

21/04/2025

IT'S HERE! The 2025 issue of Doubly Mad is available now on MagCloud. Copies will be available in the Utica area starting in early May, but if you can't wait for your copy, or you are outside of the Central New York area, you can pick one up today. This issue features the photography of Joshua Ives paired with excellent poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We think it's our best issue to date, and it's just in time for the second half of Poetry Month.
https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/3042093?__r=4759150

03/04/2025

Friends, today is the day! I have been looking forward to this reading for a long time. Join me this evening at 7 (in person would be great, but if you're not in the area, you can watch live at the link below). I will read from my new book Adding Saffron, just released by Finishing Line Press, and will be joined by my friends Ruth Dandrea, Thomas Townsley, and Orin Domenico. Refreshments will be on hand. The Other Side of Utica is at 2011 Genesee St.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUTG1jI28WU

22/02/2025

Today's the day! We will be celebrating the release of Ruth Ann Dandrea 's Casting at 1:00 pm at The Other Side! We're also live-streaming the reading on YouTube for those of you who can't make it in person. To order copies of the book, go to doublymad.org/Casting! (Link the live stream below)

https://youtube.com/live/pqJo895cyTs?feature=share

10/02/2025

We are excited to announce the release of Ruth Ann Dandrea's first collection of poetry, CASTING! Ruth has been the fiction editor for Doubly Mad since 2017, but she is also an incredible poet. Come help celebrate the launch of her new book on Saturday, February 22, at 1:00 pm at The Other Side of Utica, 2011 Genesee St. To order copies, go to: https://doublymad.org/Casting

31/12/2024

Our reading period closes tonight at midnight, so before you pop the champagne, send in your poetry, stories, or essays before it's too late! Our next reading period won't be until September, 2025. Happy New Year to everyone!

18/11/2024

Join us Wednesday at The Other Side of Utica for a talk by Maurice Isserman! 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.

22/10/2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 7:30pm, The Carl A. Rubino Hamilton at The Other Side series continues with “The Digital Mapping of New Forest & Peterboro Cemeteries,” presented by Sara Mohr, former Digital Scholarship Librarian, with Derya Arikan and Ella Strasser (Hamilton ‘26).

Over the past year, students and staff in the library at Hamilton College have been working to digitally preserve and highlight two historic cemeteries in the area: New Forest in Utica, and Peterboro Cemetery. Through this work, they developed strong community partnerships and created digital tools that allow community members to explore their local history.

This event is free and open to the public.

You can also read more informative and nonfiction works of Mohr’s titled, “American Paradigm: A Brief History of Utica’s Commercial Travellers Insurance” in our 2024 publication of “Doubly Mad.”

21/10/2024

I don't often write about my experiences as a nurse, but from time to time, they do enter my poetry. This week, I've added a poem from Adding Saffron called "The Border," one of the pieces in my book which does deal directly with my work as a nurse in a hospital. You can check it out at the link below, and if you would like to order a copy of my book, it's available at:

https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/adding-saffron-by-william-welch/

https://www.williamfwelch.com/poetry/selections-from-adding-saffron

poetry, Nine Mile Magazine

03/10/2024

I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has ordered a copy of my book, Adding Saffron, and for the encouragement from all of my friends. I'm really proud to say that poet John Balaban (winner of the William Carlos Williams prize for his collection Locusts at the Edge of Summer) read my book, and had this to say:

"What a pleasure to discover in Adding Saffron a poet with an ear for rhythm and eye for images, poems alive to a world he has us walking through line-by-line. These journeys in Welch’s poems—whether about a mouse in the attic, or a harmonica from WWII, or a vacant lot in Brooklyn where locals are growing vegetables—are always lit by poetic insight and compassion."

If you've thought of ordering a copy and would like to, you can order here:

What a pleasure to discover in Adding Saffron a poet with an ear for rhythm and eye for images, poems alive to a world he has us walking through line-by-line. These journeys in Welch’s poems—whether about a mouse in the attic, or a harmonica from WWII, or a vacant lot in Brooklyn where locals ar...

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Doubly Mad hopes to present you with thought-provoking writing and art which inspires you, which asks you to look at yourself and your world, and ultimately, which encourages you to refuse the mainstream narrative of what our society is and should be. Engage in your community, focus your energy and aspirations around positive, creative work, and you will have liberated yourself from mass consumed ideals that are peddled as the “American Dream.” We accept fiction, poetry, personal and socially themed essays, black and white photography, and black and white artwork. Send your submissions to [email protected]. "The hermit said: 'Because the world is mad, 'The only way through the world is to learn 'The arts and double the madness. Are you listening?'" Robert Bly (From "Listening")