{"id":1589,"date":"2017-08-02T21:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2017-08-03T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:47:04","slug":"future-here-we-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/future-here-we-come\/","title":{"rendered":"August’s Bike Books for Uncertain Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Wednesday!<\/p>\n

It’s officially August, and this month we’re thinking a lot about the possibilities of the future.\u00a0We’re thinking about independence and freedom, oppression and diversity, healing our selves and our pasts, and all the little things we need to work on to change the world.<\/p>\n

The books\u00a0we have pubbing this month reflect these thoughts, with dystopic bike stories and self-care through bikes and yoga.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

First up is the new Bikes in Space collection,\u00a0Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction in Extreme Futures<\/em><\/a>. Edited by Elly Blue and featuring writing by herself, Jessie Kwak<\/a>, Sarena Ulibarri<\/a>, Leigh Ward-Smith<\/a>, and more, this collection takes on the possibilities of extreme futures with 10 bike-centric stories (and 1 mini-comic) of freedom, rebellion, and survival, by bike.<\/p>\n

Get the book today.<\/a><\/p>\n

Also officially out this month is\u00a0Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling<\/a><\/em> by Kelli Refer. This charming, very useful little purple\u00a0book is your one-stop guide to yoga perfect for bicyclers.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Sections include:<\/p>\n

How to breathe your way up the steepest hills (and the science behind bike paths and air quality);<\/p>\n

a flow chart of stretches to ease your achy knees and sore back;<\/p>\n

a guide to your and your bicycle\u2019s chakras that will charm any skeptic\u2019s heart; and more.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

This has been available on our site and in our\u00a0shop for quite a while, but August 8th is its official new release, with a fresh ISBN and all the same informative charm.<\/p>\n

Get the book now.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, to celebrate this month’s rad, bike-centric releases, we’re giving away…<\/p>\n

10 copies of Biketopia<\/em>\u00a0over on Goodreads, August 4-11th<\/a>, and<\/p>\n

50! copies of Bikes in Space Volume 2 <\/a>— one of the zines that began it all — August 14th- 28th<\/a><\/p>\n

So keep an eye out for those and get lucky!<\/p>\n

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Also this month, we’ve launched the Kickstarter project <\/a>for Dr. Faith’s radical, swear-filled new book on taking back your brain from anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and more:\u00a0Unfuck Your Brain<\/a>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Check out the video below and the\u00a0kickstarter here<\/a>, and help us make this Do-It-Your-Fucking-Self metal health book a reality!
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