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Rose City Vice: Portland in the 70's—Dirty Cops and Dirty Robbers
by Phil Stanford Author
This noir-esque expose of Portland in the 70s is gritty, full of drugs, blackmail, prostitution, scandal. A short and…
$12.95
Add to CartBicycle Culture Rising #2: The Portland Police's Peculiar War Against Bicycling 1993-2007
by Joe Biel Author
It's the revamped second edition of the Expozine Award Winning zine of police documents, now with commentary! Last time…
$6.00 6 comments
Add to CartForaging Mushrooms Oregon
by Jim Meuninck Author
With detailed mushroom encyclopedia, you're going to get more than you bargained for. You'll be halfway through learning…
$16.95
Add to Cart$50 Superpack: Get To Know Joe
by Joe Biel Author and Super Pack! Author
Over the course of 23 years, Microcosm's founder Joe Biel has written eight books across a wide band of subject matter.…
$93.60 $50.00
Bicycle Culture Rising #1: Participatory & Grassroots Bicycle Movements
by Joe Biel Author
A social history and tactics lesson about the participatory and grassroots bicycle movements and their impact and…
$4.95 12 comments
View Details Quick ShopVery Portland
A Korean language guide to Portland, from music to books to AirBnB. If you read Korean or know someone who does, this…
$18.58
Add to CartPortlandness: A Cultural Atlas
The new cartography is about much more than just land! In 150 infographic maps of Portland, Oregon, two leading…
$24.95
Add to CartTilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People: Portland's Bridges and a New Icon
by Donald MacDonald Author and Ira Nadel Author
Named after the first bridge built in Portland since the 1970's, this book will give you the skinny on what on the ins…
$17.99
Add to CartThe Tall Trees of Portland
by Matt Wagner Foreword and Craig Thompson Contributor
An art book on 40 Portland artists who embody the ethos of independence and courage that the city is so well known for.…
$49.00
Add to Cart13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler
by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Moe Bowstern Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, 32 more
To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…
$3.00 8 comments
View Details Quick ShopPortland Made: The Makers of Portland's Manufacturing Renaissance
by with Peggy Acott and Kelley Roy Author
Portland, Oregon is full of "makers"—people who make a living creating artisan products by hand or in small-batch,…
$24.95
Add to CartParts per Million
by Stoops Julia Author and Gabriel Liston Author
A fiery group of anti-war protesters in Portland, Oregon, take to the streets to uncover the truth veiled behind…
$17.95
Add to CartEruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
by Steve Olson Author
The eruption of Mount St. Helens was one of the largest eruptions in human history, devastating in its economical damage…
$16.95
Add to CartFugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
by Chuck Palahniuk Author
Fugitives and Refugees is part travel guide, part memoir, giving reader's a view of Portland that they never knew…
$16.95
Add to CartBeezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary Author
Having a little sister like four-year-old Ramona isn't always easy for Beezus Quimby. With a wild imagination, disregard…
$6.99
Add to CartSticker #392this machine kills traffic
Oh bicycle, slayer of traffic! This sticker is inspired by the famous words written on Woody Guthrie's guitar: "this…
$2.50
Add to CartPortland Baby
by Barbara Kerley Author and Josh Cleland Illustrator
The Portland babies are out for adventure! Building forts out of books and eating healthy treats in the greenest parks…
$8.95
View Details Quick ShopPortland Noir
by Kevin Sampsell Author
Every city has a history. From its settlement in 1843 through today, Portland Noir paints a dark, intriguing, and not…
$15.95
Add to CartCity of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales
by Gigi Little Author
City of Weird conjures what we fear: death, darkness, ghosts. Hungry sea monsters and alien slime molds. Blood drinkers…
$16.95
Add to CartSticker #374this machine thrills the cashless
This sticker cleverly plays with the famous words "this machine kills fascists" that were written on Woody Guthrie's…
$2.50
Add to CartZinester's Guide to Portland: A Low/No Budget Guide to the Rose City
by Shawn Granton Author
Billed as a "low/no budget guide to visiting and living in Portland, Oregon, the Zinester's Guide to Portland breaks…
$7.95 21 comments
View Details Quick Shop26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest
by Daniel Person Author and Greg Vandy Author
The stunning results of a strange collaboration between iconic folk singing hero Woody Guthry and a US government…
$24.95
Add to CartGood Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Autism
by Joe Biel Author, Joyce Brabner Foreword and Sander Hicks Foreword
The history of Microcosm Publishing, from its origins as a record label and zine distro in Joe Biel's bedroom closet in…
$14.95 29 comments
View Details Quick Shop$20 Superpack: Couch Traveler
by Alexander Barrett Author, Bill Brown Author, Aaron Dactyl Author and Super Pack! Author
Got the urge to see the world but no time or money just now? We feel you! Satisfy and stoke your travel urge from the…
$32.80 $20.00
$20 Superpack: Jeff's Film Makin' Pack!
by Joe Biel Author, Bill Brown Author, Jeff Hayes Author, Alice Isley Author, Rev Phil Sano Author and Super Pack! Author
This is another one of Jeff's Favs Packs. Joe Biel is the genius behind the movie Aftermass. But did you know that Jeff…
$32.00 $20.00
Seattle WTO Shutdown poster
by Nicolas Lampert Author and Justseeds Author
On November 30th, 1999, a diverse consortium of activists, organizers, artists, students, workers, and more used direct…
$6.00
Add to CartChainring Heart magnet
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
The image that started it all. Celebrate your love of cycling and when they ask you what this shirt means, tell 'em how…
$4.00
Add to CartAftermass: How Portland Became North America's #1 Cycling Mecca
by Joe Biel Author, Jeff Hayes Contributor, Alice Isley Contributor and Rev Phil Sano Contributor
The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of…
$19.95 8 comments
View Details Quick ShopUrban Homesteader: How to Create Sustainable Life in the City
by Elly Blue Author, Raleigh Briggs Author and Ian Giesbrecht Author
Want to learn to make your own soap? Mend your torn clothes? Grow your own microgreens? Carry your groceries and…
$29.95
View Details Quick Shop$25 Superpack: The Portland Pack
by Randy Albright Author, Alexander Barrett Author, Nate Beaty Author, Joe Biel Author and Shawn Granton Author
Here it is! Get yr Bicycles Allowed Full Lane patch, Zinester's Guide to Portland, This is Portland, and Aftermass with…
$35.00 $25.00