Brick of Gold is an independent press publishing the art and writing of incarcerated people. Founded 2016 in Brooklyn, NY, Brick of Gold has four book-length titles in print, with an active editorial archive. The books have been featured in Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration at MoMA PS1 with endorsements by curator of Marking Time Nicole Fleetwood, assistant district attorney Adam J. Foss, professor Doran Larson, rapper YG, producer of the Hangover films and founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition Scott Budnick, and other leaders in the field of criminal justice reform and fine art including the Whitney Museum and Hauser and Wirth.

Brick of Gold started as a vanity press. Founder Nate Fish was tired of being rejected by traditional publishers and wanted to publish his own work. When his childhood friend, Ray Adornetto — founder of Unlock Tomorrow, a nonprofit running writing workshops in California prisons — sent Fish an envelope of letters his students had written, Fish realized the work was more powerful and more important than his own and pivoted Brick of Gold to a platform devoted to publishing the art and writing of prisoners. After years of being rejected by other people, Fish rejected himself. That first envelope eventually became Man, I Wish We Would Have Known: Letters from Calipatria State Prison — published with scans of original handwritten artifacts that became a signature look of the press culminating in 128-G, a book containing only original artifacts from prison, withholding even an introduction.

Brick of Gold makes fine art books from prison material, combining the world of fine art with the world of incarceration, taking work created by the lowest-ranking members of American society and placing it on coffee tables. The press is a leading source for publishing work from prisons. It maintains an active editorial publication featuring writing by incarcerated authors and partnerships with the leading organizations in the prison arts field including Words Uncaged and Prison Arts Collective.