Maenad Diary

History, literature & philosophy

Poetry once a week, sometimes political, always music.

An independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

Rewriting the cultural scripts that no longer serve us—from Alaska

(formerly LivingSmall)

A place for updates about my psychedelic humanities research, spanning critiques of corporadelic billionaires, the literary history of trip reports, psychedelic bioethics, and the occasional high weirdness.

Exploring what it means to be human.

Meatball Americano is about learning what it means to be an Italian-American in the 21st century. This is the newsletter.