What's a Pledge Drive Without Gifts?

Thanks to the folks at Vintage/Anchor Books, I'm pleased to announce that the first twenty people to contribute $20.00 or more to the Beatrice upkeep fund after 1:00 AM (Eastern) today will receive whichever one of the following four books they want:

• Out, Natsuo Kirino
• How to Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer
• The New New Journalism, edited by Robert S. Boynton
• Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans, edited by Dave Eggers et al.

Be one of the first twenty readers to contribute $30 or more and pick two books from that list. (If you've already donated more than $20--and several of you have, thanks--I am looking into other options and should contact you shortly with an offer.) Be sure to list your preferences when you make your contribution, and if for some reason these items don't tempt you, look for other special offers as fundraising efforts continue in the days to come...