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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
Press / Cafepress.com bookstore.