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Update #12: Achievement Unlocked: Non-Profit Status!
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Update #11: Rewards!
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Update #10: Just in time for Spirit Day...
Wow!
Just in time for GLAAD's Spirit Day, Robin E. Kaplan sent over an email with the final version of her The Color Purple-inspired print!
So we knew that was coming any day, but she also included an adorable little surprise: an early version of ANOTHER print, this one inspired by the oft-challenged children's book, And Tango Makes Three! The children's book about two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo has been THE most frequently challenged book four of the last five years for its supposed "anti-ethnic, anti-family, and homosexual" content because (gasp!) it dares to imply that a same-sex pair of critters could be in love and raise a baby.
Remember, if you pledge at least $25, you can select one of these prints for your very own!
Update #9: New Preview of Robin E Kaplan's Print!
So remember three long days ago when we gave you a sneak peek at the early sketch of Robin E Kaplan's The Color Purple-inspired piece? Well, we had another little surprise waiting in the inbox last night: a still-not-quite-finished update of the piece! Once again, pledges of at least $25 will have this as an option...
Update #8: The Uprise Books Project in the Media!
Thought some of you might be interested in reading a little bit about what some of our friends in the media are saying about The Uprise Books Project...
October 2011
UpRise Books Project: Bringing Banned Books to Those in Need
Publishing Perspectives (October 4, 2011)
Kickstarter Project to Give Teens Access to Banned Books
GalleyCat (October 3, 2011)
September 2011
Uprise Aims to Bring Banned Books to Underprivileged Teens
Publishers Weekly (September 27, 2011)
Banned books eyed to get teens reading
The Columbian (September 26, 2011)
The Uprise Books Project – Putting Banned Books in the Hands of Underprivileged Teens
Portland Mercury (September 22, 2011)
Web Watch: The Uprise Books Project
KGW The Square Live @ 7′s (September 22, 2011)
Interview with Justin Stanley, Founder of Uprise Books
Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State (September 21, 2011)
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 1, 2011.
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Immortality. Your name will be enshrined forever on the very website you helped build. Everyone who visits The Uprise Books Project website will know that YOU made it happen.
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Enshrinement and a sweet Uprise Books Project bookmark. People who see you on the train or the bus will know that you not only stopped reading on a certain page, but that you care about things like poverty, literacy and censorship.
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of dainty 5x7 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description.
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of good-sized 8x10 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description.
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of good-sized 8x10 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description. AND... the first 10 people who contribute at this level will also receive a copy of Mike Russell's book, The Sabertooth Vampire: The Complete First Season.
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of pretty darn big 12x18 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description.
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All the rewards from the $50 level, PLUS a signed copy of Ellen Hopkins's New York Time bestseller, Crank!
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of freakin' huge 20x30 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description.
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In addition to the $100 rewards, you'll receive a copy of "Americus," the new-ish graphic novel from MK Reed and Jonathan Hill! Fittingly enough, "Americus" tells the tale of Neal Barton, a small-town kid dealing with the fact that a group of locals want to ban his favorite fantasy series. See the connection? And because you'll no doubt want to stay up all night reading "Americus" once you crack it open, we're including another reward at this level: one 750 ml bottle of Black Blood of the Earth (aka "Weapons Grade Coffee"). Quite possibly the work of the Devil himself, this concoction contains roughly 40x as much caffeine as your typical cup o' joe. You can read all about on the Funranium Labs site: http://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth/bbote-faq/
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and your choice of freakin' huge 20x30 original, banned book-inspired prints created by the amazing artists mentioned over in the project description. PLUS... the first three contributors at this level will receive either the complete Chuck Palahniuk collection (contributed by Doubleday Press), a Tauntaun Sleeping bag (provided by ThinkGeek), or an iCADE (again, generously donated by ThinkGeek). (One of each available. First person gets first choice, second person gets to pick one of the other two, third person just better be happy with what they get.)
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and ALL FOUR of the pretty darn big 12x18 original, banned book-inspired prints.
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Enshrinement, a bookmark, and ALL FOUR of the freakin' huge 20x30 original, banned book-inspired prints.
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All the rewards from the $500 level, PLUS a Kindle Fire with copies of Ellen Hopkins's Crank Trilogy, Perfect and her latest novel, Triangles!
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The Uprise Books Project was founded in 2011 with a modest mission: to end the cycle of poverty through literacy by providing new banned and challenged books to underprivileged teens free of charge.
