{"id":771,"date":"2016-04-12T16:45:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2016-04-12T16:51:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:51:34","slug":"new-april-books-mama-tried-urban-revolutions-velocipede-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/new-april-books-mama-tried-urban-revolutions-velocipede-races\/","title":{"rendered":"New April Books! Mama Tried, Urban Revolutions, Velocipede Races, and Beverly Cleary’s Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Walking<\/a>Today is April 12th, which means a lot more to us this year than it usually would. First of all, today is Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday! We worked hard all winter to get our new book Walking with Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary’s Portland<\/em><\/a> to print in time for the occasion, and we’re so pleased with how it turned out. The author, Laura O. Foster, has a wonderful essay up on the Powell’s blog today<\/a>, and also supplied several facts for the CBC’s 100-fact roundup<\/a> for the occasion. <\/p>\n

The weird thing about publishing, though, is that while that book exists (and you can snag a copy on our website<\/a>), it doesn’t technically come out until its official October publication date. <\/p>\n

We do have three other books that have been printed for a while now that DO technically come out today, April 12, 2016, and we want to celebrate those books’ proper birthdays here. Let us present Microcosm’s all-star April lineup! <\/p>\n

Mama Tried: Traditional Italian Cooking for the Screwed, Crude, Vegan & Tattooed<\/em><\/a> by Cecilia Granata<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cecilia Granata’s vegan takes on the authentic Italian food she grew up with will excite your taste buds while her flash tattoo art will make your skin prickle in anticipation of your next tattoo. Read more about her book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n