On this episode, Benjamin Gorman gabs with J.B. Kish, author of “Lo-Fi Chocolate Cake” in the anthology The Cozy Cosmic, about view-masters, Egyptology, and treating Crohn’s disease with destigmatization, community, and humor. Totally normal writer stuff.

Today’s secret word is: Danny DeVito

Find J.B. here:

J.B. Kish website http://jbkish.com
J.B. Kish substack https://jbkish.substack.com/
The Cozy Cosmic, edited by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito & Mark Teppo: https://www.underlandpress.com/cozycosmic.php
Willamette Writers Hybrid Vancouver: Author Roadmap with J.B. Kish https://willamettewriters.org/event/hybrid-vancouver-author-roadmap-with-j-b-kish/

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Mentioned on the show:

House (1977) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(1977_film)

Camp Oasis https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/get-involved/camp-oasis

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric Larocca https://www.powells.com/book/-9781803363004/1-0

View-Master Military Reels https://3dstereo.com/collections/military-reels

“New Insights Into Egyptian Mummification Recipes” https://www.archaeology.org/news/11725-230906-egypt-mummification-recipes

“This is Water” by David Foster Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7xzavzEKY