Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections
Sam Kahn writes the Substack Castalia.
I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world. I am also not a transphobe.
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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.
Expect nuance, complexity and honesty. I take no sides. Partisanship is boring. Let's start a revolution of critical thinking!
A series on rebuilding a life and a writing practice after leaving academe.