From Ginsberg's Howl to libraries, from prisons to Palestine

How to Defend Books and Why

Book Bans and How We Fight Them

by Danny Caine (Author)

A kindhearted and rousing invitation to the book revolution!

Fight back against right-wing censorship and empower your community with this close look at the book banning movement. In a moving call to arms for readers everywhere, Danny Caine, bestselling author of How to Resist Amazon and Why and How to Protect Bookstores and Why, offers an expertly-crafted confrontation of Christian nationalist attempts to reshape American culture through ban campaigns targeting schools, libraries, and marginalized identities—in life and in literature.

SUBJECT: Political / About Books / Microcosm

PUBLICATION: Jun 2, 2026

PRICE: $15.99

ISBN: 9781648414084

FORMAT: 192 pp, 5x7", paperback

WHOLESALE: Standard

CARTON QTY: 42

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Marketing Notes

Danny Caine is a former bookstore owner (The Raven) and has been at the forefront of the anti-Amazon movement in the book industry
Caine's other titles are consistent, long-selling Microcosm bestsellers among trade bookstores
The book expertly tracks the history of censorship in the US, from San Francisco's City Lights in 1950s to anti-Black and anti-LGBT book bans during Covid-19

Danny Caine is the author most recently of Jewish American Dream, winner of the inaugural Sarabande Chapbook Prize. He’s also written four poetry collections as well as the books How to Protect Bookstores and Why and How to Resist Amazon and Why. He’s a former owner of the Raven Book Store, winner of Publishers Weekly’s 2022 Bookstore of the Year award. His poetry has appeared in The Slowdown, LitHub, DIAGRAM, HAD, and Barrelhouse. He lives in Ohio.

(Photo by Christina Cacciato)

A small, innovative publishing house, Microcosm Publishing specializes in work designed to make the reader feel good about being alive, take an active role in bettering their life, and impact the world around them. Microcosm has developed a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, politics, and art. Our books are printed in the USA.