For the first time since 2012, we've redone the website!
With more search filters, the ability to set preferences so you see the awesome books and zines you want to see, and so much more, it's an upgrade that's been a long time coming.
Read all about the updates and how to get the most out of them over at microcosm.pub/makeover (link in bio!)
A.I.? No, thank you.
We were recently asked by a sales rep to make a stronger statement about A.I. People don’t usually have to ask us to be bolder, and we were very happy to comply.
Read more on our blog at microcosm.pub/AI (link in bio)
(And many thanks to @janefriedman at The Bottom Line for her wonderful piece about our policy in her newsletter!)
Big <3 to our buds at @powellsbooks who made rad displays at the Hawthorne and Burnside locations for Microcosm's 30th anniversary!
Go check 'em out for yourself, you deserve a book treat.
Al Carroll is Associate Professor of US, American Indian, and Latin American History at Northern Virginia Community College, and a former Senior Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia. His latest book is “Indigenous Punk: A Definitive Guide to the Native, Aboriginal, and Pacific Islander Metal and Rock ‘n’ Roll Musicians Who Changed Music.”
This week on the pod, Al joins Joe and Elly to talk about Native punk and metal history, his favorite bands (incredible recs galore!), and how the book came together.
(and keep an eye on the background for an adorable special guest appearance)
#punk #indigenouspunk #nativepunk #punkrock #bands #metal #indigenousmetal
Microcosm.pub/Newpodcast
Compersion is often imagined as the ultimate goal in non-monogamy, yet the real journey usually begins with distress, insecurity, and uncertainty.
Our new zine, “Cultivating Compersion: Moving from Jealousy to Joy in Nonmonogamy” is a gentle roadmap for navigating jealousy, distress, and getting to neutral—as a way to cultivating a fertile terrain for joy and positive empathy.
These six stages offer a framework from crisis toward greater ease, reminding us that neutrality, acceptance, and consent are already meaningful victories.
In this short booklet, we explore six stages:
1. Intolerance
2. Coping/tolerance
3. Normalization
4. Neutrality
5. Acceptance
6. Embodied compersion
A proud thought and writing collaboration between Kathy Labriola, @drmariethouin and @aria__diana 🌷
Order it directly from @microcosm_pub at the link in Marie’s bio! 💗
#enm #nonmonogamy #polyamorous #zine
This week on the pod, Joe and Elly talk about what went into the decision to rebuild the front end of our website, the cool new search features, and how we’ve made it even easier for buyers to use.
Microcosm.pub/newpodcast (Link in bio)
LES artist @fly_peops is doing tons of free community illustration and art work right now while managing major medical issues (can you relate?) so it would be really sweet if you could support her work through her new site. https://fly-0-art.printful.me/ Support each other!
The tea-making pros at Harney & Sons have pulled together a 66-card deck and guide to help you learn how to divine your future through reading tea leaves.
Usually $30, this week only, snag this deck and guidebook for just $6!
microcosm.pub/dealoftheweek (link in bio)
Massive thanks to @microcosm_pub for the book haul that is now… structurally concerning. And the box my cats won’t get out of.
Send help. Or more shelves. Either works.
Feminism, zines, rebels, DIY dreams, and at least one book that told me to quit my job. Which one would you read first?
This stack understood the assignment.
And let’s not forget @murderapparel for the shirt. I am from Baltimore — so is EAP — and Ravens on the shirt? (Because the Raven’s name was inspired by EAP…!) This means it’s not only an everyday shirt - it’s also a game day shirt.
A world where kindness and generosity reign is a world transformed. – Anonymous
#generosityisinfectious #catsofig #kindness #booktower #ravens
Is it cool to be a middle-aged punk?
The punks, despite all the best efforts of society and time, are still kicking around, and we love that for them/us.
This week on the pod, J. Hunter Bennett, author of “More Punk than the Public Library,” joins Joe and Elly to talk about middle-aged punk life, starting a little free punk rock library during the pandemic outside his house on a well-trafficked corner of Chevy Chase, D.C., and more.
Link in bio.
