On this episode, Benjamin Gorman talks with Chrys Gorman, executive director of merchandise at Not a Pipe Publishing, author of the introduction to the Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1, and Benjamin’s wife. They talk about Gabino Iglesias, Hank Green, Chelsea Cain, Lidia Yuknavitch, Chuck Palahniuk, John Green, escaping the Trump regime, revamping the company website, and the intersectionality between adoption, neurodivergence, and childhood trauma.

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Mentioned on the show:

Gabino Iglesias’ Zero Saints: https://bookshop.org/p/books/zero-saints-gabino-iglesias/21489104?ean=9780316584739&next=t

Hank Green’s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: https://bookshop.org/p/books/an-absolutely-remarkable-thing-hank-green/8379095?ean=9781524743468&next=t

Hank Green’s A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-beautifully-foolish-endeavor-hank-green/13340270?ean=9781524743499&next=t

Chelsea Cain’s he Complete Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell Series: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-complete-archie-sheridan-and-gretchen-lowell-series-books-1-6-heartsick-sweetheart-evil-at-heart-the-night-season-kill-you-twice-let-me-go/chT2QftZUmQcexXi?ean=9781466888388&next=t

Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Book of Joan: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-joan-lidia-yuknavitch/6435709?ean=9780062383280&next=t

Chuck Palahniuk’s Pygmy: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pygmy-chuck-palahniuk/22085368?ean=9780307389817&next=t

John Green’s Everything Is Tuberculosis: https://bookshop.org/p/books/everything-is-tuberculosis-signed-edition-the-history-and-persistence-of-our-deadliest-infection-john-green/21901967?ean=9780525556572&next=t