Pleasure Boat Studio: A Nonprofit Literary Press was founded in 1996 to champion books of high literary merit—books with substance, style, and imagination. We are most grateful for your support in helping to foster, preserve, and maintain this esteemed collection and press.
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“Without the continued viability of an independent literary press like Pleasure Boat Studio, so many deserving voices would be silenced and so many deserving books would never be read. Pleasure Boat’s fierce commitment to both authors and their works deserves recognition and support. As one of those fortunate authors benefiting from Lauren Grosskopf and Pleasure Boat Studio, I know the inestimable joy of seeing one’s work in print and knowing it will now find readers who will bring life and worth to its existence. Pleasure Boat Studio plays an essential and significant role in elevating the cultural spirit of our country and the world.” -Robert Karmon, author of Isaac
“Pleasure Boat Studio is a treasure in the book world. It publishes those of us who don’t have a big name, like Stephen King, shepherds our work carefully, gives us a voice that otherwise would be muted. If we allow a press like Pleasure Boat Studio to sink, then the world of letters that published John Steinbeck when he published work that sold less than a thousand copies will vanish. We allowed the Lord God bird to vanish and the Monarch butterfly is on the verge of extinction. We cannot let this happen to an independent press.” -Russell Hill, author of The Egret; Tom Hall and The Captain of All These Men of Death; Deadly Negatives
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“Your publishing house is a meaningful one. Thank you! I / we are here to support the Press. Lots of courage, in solidarity.” -Maria C. de Vasconcelos, Translator ofMonique and Kunuarby Luísa Coelho, & Phil Eggers