How to Defend Books and Why: Book Bans and How We Fight Them by Danny Caine
English | June 2nd, 2026 | ISBN: 1648414087 | 192 pages | True EPUB | 1.47 MB
You're invited to the book revolution! Fight back against censorship and empower your community with this close look at the book banning movement.
In amoving, compulsively readablecall to arms for readers everywhere,Danny Caine, bestselling author ofHow to Resist Amazon and WhyandHow to Protect Bookstores and Why,offers anexpertly-crafted confrontation of far-right, Christian nationalist attempts to reshape American culture through bancampaignstargeting schools, libraries, bookstores, and prisons, with the aim to silence marginalized identities in life and in literature. From the first-ever banned books display at San Francisco's City Lights in the 1950sto the rapid rise of so-called Moms For Liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic to attempts to silencePalestinian authors, Caine charts the course of repressive censorship campaigns, along with the creative and sometimes unlikely activists who've stood up against them.
Each chapter is based on a particular book banning episode, bolstered by research and legal precedent, and concludes with helpful takeaways for further reading or resistance. Throughout, Caine approaches these heated issues with gentle openness harkeningback to his work as a public school teacher and a bookseller. He emphasizesour collective responsibility towardsart, free speech, and each other.
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