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Danny Caine

Poet. Bookseller. dancer.

Here's my bio:
Danny Caine is the author of the poetry collections Continental Breakfast, El Dorado Freddy's, ​Flavortown, and Picture Window, as well as the book How to Resist Amazon and Why. His poetry has appeared in The Slowdown, ​LitHub, DIAGRAM, HAD, and Barrelhouse, and his prose has appeared in LitHub and Publishers Weekly. The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association awarded him the 2019 Midwest Bookseller of the Year award. He's a co-owner of the Raven Book Store, Publishers Weekly's 2022 bookstore of the year. 

  • My poem "Romance is in the Air" was the June 10, 2022 featured poem on The Slowdown
  • Casey Cep wrote a profile of the Raven for The New Yorker
  • I was profiled for the Columbia Tribune​
  • ​I went on WAMC's The Roundtable
  • ​I talked resisting Amazon on KPR Presents
  • I talked resisting Amazon on KCUR's Up to Date
  • Publishers Weekly did a profile of me and the Raven
  • Business Insider, of all places, talked to me
  • I wrote an op-ed lamenting new Amazon warehouses in Kansas
  • I wrote about the USPS for Publishers Weekly
  • I was on the Today Show (briefly) talking about the USPS
  • I appeared on KCUR's Central Standard to discuss the USPS
  • The New York Times talked about the Raven's pandemic adaptations
  • I appeared on KPR Presents to discuss chain restaurant poetry
  • I appeared on KCUR's Central Standard to discuss chain restaurant poetry
  • I I wrote about Amazon and free speech for Literary Hub
  • I appeared on Hybrid Pub Scout podcast
  • I appeared on Mystery to Me Bookstore's Open Books podcast
  • Here's my weekly narrative newsletter, QUOTH THE RAVEN
  • Mary Schmich wrote a column for The Chicago Tribune about my tweets
  • Literary Hub interviewed my bookstore
  • Shelf Awareness has written several articles about my work at The Raven. 
  • Here I am in The Pitch Kansas City discussing Continental Breakfast
  • Here I am discussing Continental Breakfast on KCUR
  • Here I am discussing my top books of 2018 on NPR'S On Point
  • Here I am recommending a book on Minnesota Public Radio
  • Here I am recommending another book on Minnesota Public Radio
  • Here I am recommending another another book on Minnesota Public Radio
  • Here's a newspaper article about my bookstore.
  • Here's a short documentary about me & my bookstore, starting at 18:12
  • Here's another newspaper article about my bookstore.
  • I'm part of Humanities Kansas's Movement of Ideas Campaign
  • Here's an interview I did with Cutbank about my house.
  • Here's my Twitter account.
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photo by Mercedes Lucero