Maps To The Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer: 1 Paperback Edition

“A necessary document of a place where several vital scenes overlapped.” –Tobias Carroll, “Vol 1. Brooklyn”

“Take a first-hand ride into a his-tory no one else is talk-ing about, but prob-a-bly should.” –Karen Walasek, “Elohi Gadugi Journal”

“DuBrul’s focus on both aspects–the danger and the gift–gives his book its most powerful moments. These dangers are literally matters of life and death.” –T. K. Dalton, latenightlibrary.org

“Despite being derailed at times by bipolar disorder, DuBrul offers a unique perspective on what it’s like to lose one’s mind, yet still manage to make a difference.” –Brian Blueskye, “Coachella Valley Independent”

“A necessary document of a place where several vital scenes overlapped” –Tobias Carroll, “vol1brooklyn.com”

“”Maps to the Other Side” feels more like an anthology, a document of writings made by DuBrul over the course of a decade in his life. . . . DuBrul also writes of death, of psychological torment, of life’s shocking tendency to unravel when you least expect it.” –Tobias Carroll, “Vol. 1 Brooklyn”

“Crack open this book at your peril. For this way lies madness . . . divine madness. Witness the concrete visions and subterranean journeys of a 21st-century vagabond, captured here in plain English.” –Eric Drooker, author, “Howl”, and illustrator, “Illuminated Poems with Allen Ginsburg”

“How did the New York underground of punk rock music, squatting, and homeless protest give rise to a thriving and innovative peer-run mental health community? Are there creative gifts to be found in the depths of madness? Does the future of Mad Pride lie in the joining of activism with spirituality? Icarus Project co-founder Sascha Altman DuBrul discusses his escape into apocalyptic visions and psychiatric hospitals, and how he was inspired to challenge the identity of bipolar disorder.” –Madness Radio

“Sascha DuBrul is a madly gifted storyteller. . . . Whether he is writing about seed-saving, or madness, or the history of punk, his is one of the most passionate and relevant voices of these crazy times. So read this book. It will inspire you and make you feel good to be alive.” –Ruth Ozeki, author, “My Year of Meats” and “All Over Creation”

“There’s black pride, and gay pride. And if 32-year old Sascha DuBrul has his way, “mad pride” will become equally ubiquitous. That’s mad, as in mentally ill. DuBrul’s Icarus Project believes that part of the problem with mental illness is the words we use to describe it. Diagnosed bipolar when he was 18, DuBrul says he could have dealt better with his diagnosis if it had been framed differently, not in clinical terms but as a “dangerous gift.” Now Sascha and others are going across the country giving workshops to change the language around mental illness.” –Weekend America, Public Radio