Books Help Wanted UPDATE: No More Help Wanted!
posted by on April 22 at 13:27 PM
So I need a Books Intern. Technically, it’s an unpaid position, although you do get free books and most interns wind up writing pieces for the paper and those pieces are, of course, paid. Two past books interns have wound up as Party Crashers for The Stranger—go figure—and five former interns do regular work for me. I started as a books intern. Are you excited yet?
It’s ten to fifteen hours a week, and the primary duty involves compiling the readings calendar, along with other things like requesting books from publishers and etc. Organizational skills are a plus, but I’d be a hypocrite if I said they were a must. There is no coffee-fetching or other demeaning tasks involved.
Being a reader is a necessity, although favorite genres and topics are entirely unimportant. This is a good job for a bookseller or a student.
Send a query letter and writing samples to: pconstant@thestranger.com.
UPDATE: Whoa! Whoa! I’ve gotten five really good applicants—I’m going to have a hard time choosing between them. Thanks for the interest, but I’ve got all that I need. If it breaks your heart that the position is full, well, I’ll need another intern in three or four months. In related news, I’m heartened that so many smart, book-happy people read Slog.
(Image comes from the website for the movie The Intern, which I have never seen. This is not an endorsement.)
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