PCP Press

Founded in 1995 by artist Grizz Carley, PCP Press is one of the few truly great independent art bookstores in the United States, a place where lovers, booklovers and artlovers from across the country and around the digital world come to browse, read, and just soak in the ambiance of alternative culture's leading "Artistic Landmark." Although it has been more than fifteen years since tour buses with passengers eager to sight "crackheads" began pulling up in front of PCP Press in Berkeley, CA, the 'crackhead' legacy of anti-authoritarian politics and insurgent thinking continues to be a strong influence in the press, most evident in the selection of artists and titles. One of the nation's first all-digital bookstores, PCP Press has expanded several times over the years; we now offer both new-release hardcovers and quality paperbacks, along with an impressive range of titles from smaller, harder-to-find, books by America’s leading artists and authors. The store features an extensive and in-depth selection of poetry, fiction, translations, politics, art history, philosophy, music, women’s spirituality, and more, with a staff whose special book interests in many fields contribute to the hand-picked quality of what you see on the shelves. The PCP Press masthead says 'A Literary Meeting Place For The World's Avant-Garde' since 1995, and this concept includes publishing artbooks as well as selling them. In 1995, PCP Press with the now-famous Drawing Upon Art Workbook, has gone on to publish a wide range of titles, both poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction, international and local titles. Today, PCP Press has well over a sixty titles in print, with a dozen new titles being published each year. The press is known and respected for its commitment to innovative and progressive ideas, and its resistance to forces of conservatism and censorship. All PCP Press publications that are currently available are proudly featured in the PCP / Cafepress.com bookstore.