the usual.

Today:
-Worked on a list of people to send appeals to. Part of being a small nonprofit press (and a cooperative press too) is asking people for donations, a lot of the time. I had to go through some lists (not so fun) but cool to see some famous poets that I had heard of on said list (fun). Examples-- Donald Hall, Tony Hoagland, Gerald Stern, etc.

-Did some more comparative research for the AJB Fall 2011 titles. Especially researched Elizabeth Bishop, who conveniently I had to read for a contemporary poetry class last semester, so I knew a bit about her. She is a comparative title for "Pier" by Janine Oshiro, a poetry book that AJB is publishing in September.

-Also did some photocopying/organizing of manuscripts with the other interns (they go to UMF) which was usual administrative work, but fun to chat with them. UMF students seem interesting--generally they have many more unusual hair colors/tattoos than the average Colby student, but they are also incredibly nice and interesting (at least the ones I've met seem to be)!