Castalia

I write honestly about my day to day life. I left the Bay Area in 2019 for New York City. A year later the pandemic hit. I was living in East Harlem. I wrote a memoir about that. Then my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He died. Such is life.

The arts, books, movies, all things literary--and a course: Write it! How to get started and (Re)Making Love: a memoir

Nine Circles +

Thought pieces on higher ed and interviews with academics pivoting to industry.

literature & culture

Notes from outside the consternation machine

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poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Questions To Stupefy and Inspire

Russian psychedelia in exile 🍄