Description
In a moving, compulsively readable call to arms for readers everywhere, Danny Caine offers an expertly crafted confrontation of far-right, Christian nationalist attempts to reshape American culture through ban campaigns targeting schools, libraries, bookstores, and prisons—a silencing campaign against marginalized identities in life and in literature. From the first banned-books display at San Francisco's City Lights in the 1950s to the rapid rise of Moms For Liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic to attempts to silence Palestinian 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 harkening back to his work as a public school teacher and a bookseller. He emphasizes our collective responsibility toward art, free speech, and each other.
You're invited to the book revolution! Fight back against censorship and empower your community with this close look at the book banning movement.