Fri, January 27, 2012

Confessions of a Summer Intern

Posted 7 months, 1 week ago

Looking Back on a Summer Internship in New York


The last time I was in New York City was for a three-month summer internship with Simon and Schuster, as a publicity and editorial assistant. Basically this meant that I spent my afternoons cold-calling bloggers, begging them to review our…

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Damned Again: More Hate From Himmelfarb

Posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Good day, minions!  Some of you may recall a post in which I shared with you a rather esoteric and enlightening hate (E)mail from one of my unfans.

Well, this morning, in between Emails from my mother imploring me to apply for better paying jobs (thanks Patti!), I received some follow-up…

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The True Confessions of a Graduate Teaching Assistant

Posted 8 months ago

I want to avoid being too general about “the state of education” in the US, because really, what the fuck do I know?  Maybe this is just what college education means to most people: half-assed work, moderate literacy, and little chance of job placement after graduating with C’s from a…

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