Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections
Sam Kahn writes the Substack Castalia.
The number of free subscribers for Castalia over time since it was added to the directory.
I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world.
Trusted by 40K+ discerning readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth discussions of prose style by their authors. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.
Honest, raw reflections on everything from mortality to sobriety to love to fear to family dysfunction and everything in between...with an added dash of hope.
Thoughts on books, literature, philosophy, politics, culture, travel, life and death.
Rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.