Dionysian Public Library

05/17/2026

was the Detroit Zine BEST

we can not express enough gratitude to the beautiful motherf**kers who patronized our pages today

we sold over three hundred dollars in paper products; we probably gave away closer to the same amount. The people who paid for the zines and books enabled us to hand out a bunch for free, and we can't thank those who engaged in that process of exchange enough. mutual aid baby!!! this is what it's all about. today we got to put a focus on our zines in a way we haven't up until this point, and we're deeply grateful to the festival organizers for giving us this platform to spread the good news.

if you've ever appeared in any of the zines in this image, hit us up at [email protected] if you'd like one of our new glossy cardstock cover copies and we'll mail it to ya. for everyone who's contributed to these products, holy s**t, yo—your are magic. never stop writing or drawing or rapping or singing or whatever—your labor makes the world go round. To the trees who gave us ammo to fire into the world, double thank you; your sacrifice is honored and deeply appreciated.

we can't wait to do more tabling like this in the future. it's all up from here, baby. hallelujah

05/14/2026

Submissions are open now for the next issue of x/y: a junk drawer of trans voices, on the theme of ANTIFREEZE.

As current federal policy continues to target, attack, and criminalize our neighbors and communities, we at DPL are dedicating our next issue to art, poetry, nonfiction, or whatever else you send our way responding to and protesting the authoritarian tactics of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Customs & Border Protection, and other collaborating agencies. The judgment of history will remember those who said nothing—so our platform may not be much, but we're using what space we have to stake our claim and say something.

Send your submissions to [email protected]. Full guidelines and details may be found at www.dionysianpubliclibrary.com/submissions.

Priority for this issue will be given to those most directly and affected by these policies; if you feel comfortable disclosing this information, please include this with your submission. We will take all such declarations in good faith, and do not require any details.

05/11/2026

This weekend, we will be vending at Detroit Zine Fest at The Jam Handy! We will have a full selection of all of the zines we have published since we consolidated as a collective in 2022, including physical copies of the issues which up until now have only existed in digital!

We're honored to be joining dozens of other artists for what's sure to be a hell of a good time, and we can't wait to see you there!

05/01/2026

happy May Day!

a huge thank you to everyone who came out last night for T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land: a reading with music, to Quincy Ellis, Bard Witch, and everyone who got up onstage during the open mic for making it a performance to remember, and to the Crawlspace for giving us a place to make it happen

now, go tell your boss to stick it! solidarity forever!

04/19/2026

Just in time for Bicycle Day, physical copies of Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Psychedlic Horror, have dropped!

After navigating a couple of delays with production and shipping, we now have the latest in our series of themed horror collections in stock and ready to order from us directly. Please keep an eye out for all contributor copies, preorders, and Kickstarter rewards to arrive in the next few weeks!

Fearful Symmetries features seventeen mind-melting trips from sixteen creatives including Ryan Danley, Kevin Novalina, G. W. McClary, and more!

Available to order now at www.dionysianpubliclibrary.com/shop

12/31/2025

Happy New Year, revelers!

As this quarter-of-a-century ends and we usher in the next chapter of our story, we celebrate today by releasing Issue #5 of The Vineyard, featuring work from David Rogers, Dominik Slusarczyk, Sarah Kessell, Lee Clark Zumpe, Frederick Pollack, and H.L. Dowless with cover art by .

Check out the issue online or download for free here: www.dionysianpubliclibrary.com/the-vineyard-issue-5

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our third publishing season this year, and we'll see you all in 2026!

12/25/2025

HO HO HO, friends and foes!

This Christmas Day, we've partnered with storyteller Jude Deluca to present an x/y holiday special!, featuring her story "X-TREME GENES: I’M DREADING OF A N**I CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1 (DECEMBER 1996)", an antifascist yuletide tale from the world of DNA Comics! ​In addition to the story, the issue contains our regular features, including an extra stuffed Culinary Corner and a new strip of Clive's Boneyard.

read or download the issue here: https://www.dionysianpubliclibrary.com/x-y-issue-5

12/11/2025

Howdy folks!

We're in the home stretch of our fundraiser for Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Psychedelic Horror, which means that you have five days left to preorder your copy and get your name added to the acknowledgements at the end of the book!

We couldn't be prouder of the work that this incredible group of writers and creatives brought together, and this is your last chance to get in on the ground floor before we end the campaign this coming Sunday.

Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Psychedelic Horror features seventeen mind-melting doses of terror from sixteen creators.

10/29/2025

... and that's a wrap on our '24-'25 season, "Riches & Wonders"! A huge round of applause for everyone who made a whole 'nother set of shows possible through participating in and patronizing our events. From the circus to the White House, from the body itself to primordial chaos, from Egypt to Rome, we're thrilled to call this second go-round a second success.

Tomorrow we'll be meeting at the St. Catharines Public Library for The 3rd Annual From Above/From Below Ball to kick it all off over again!

10/04/2025

we had a great time bringing William Sockspeare's Antony & Cleopatra to the streets today!

thanks to everyone who stopped by to catch a bit of the show as they were on their merry way!