[gilch]

> wanted to expand beyond python. [...] Have been trying to learn about Lisp lately and feel like I've come to a similar dead end.

If you're already comfortable with Python, check out Hissp's tutorials (in the docs). It's a Lisp hosted on Python, so you can focus on the Lisp concepts without getting so bogged down by learning a new standard library at the same time.

https://github.com/glich/hissp