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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:
bold'>SOUTH END PRESS SPRING AND SUMMER 2009 INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>On the Press</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>South End Press is an
independent, nonprofit, collectively-run book publisher with more than 250
titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, South End Press has met the needs
of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of
radical social change. Our goal is to publish books that encourage critical
thinking and constructive action on the key political, cultural, social,
economic, and ecological issues shaping life in the </span></font><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>United States</span></font><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> and in the world. In this
way, we hope to provide a forum for a wide variety of democratic social
movements, and provide an alternative to the products and practices of
corporate publishing. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>From its inception, the Press
organized itself as an egalitarian collective with decision-making arranged to
share the rewards and stresses of running the business as equally as possible.
Each collective member is responsible for core editorial and business tasks,
and all collective members earn the same base salary. The Press also has made a
practice of inverting the pervasive racial and gender hierarchies in
traditional publishing houses; our staff has been majority women since the
mid-1980s, and has included at least 50 percent people of color since the
mid-1990s. Our author list—which includes, Arundhati Roy, bell hooks,
Winona LaDuke, Noam Chomsky, Cherrie Moraga, Manning Marable, Ward Churchill,
and Howard Zinn—reflects the Press’s commitment to publish on
diverse issues from diverse perspectives. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>South End Press publishes about twelve
books annually in a variety activist and political fields including anti-racist
organizing, history, law, current events, African American, Native American,
Asian American, Latin American, and Latino Studies, ecology, economics,
immigration, gay and lesbian issues, and women’s studies. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>Internship
Program</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>The primary purpose of the South
End Press internship program is to provide the intern with experience in a
balanced diversity of publishing tasks from clerical work to editorial
decision-making. Interns participate in the bi-monthly editorial meetings of
the SEP collective. In preparation for these meetings they are expected to read
manuscripts submissions and organize their opinions of these works. Interns
maintain the manuscript submissions database, draft correspondence regarding
editorial submissions, and research content and marketing aspects of book
proposals and contracted books. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>There is flexibility in the
structuring of other aspects of the internship. Both the intern’s
interests and the needs of the collective are considered. Interns provide
support on routine responsibilities such as data entry, phone and email
reception, and filing. Often interns also take responsibility for other aspects
of promotional campaigns or book production. Writing experience, organizational
and office management skills, and familiarity with various computer systems
would be needed for these tasks. South End Press is organized as a worker’s
collective where drudgery and creativity are shared as equally as possible. Our
work environment is supportive and friendly, if at times stressful. Good
communication skills and initiative are important for a successful internship
at South End Press.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>Depending on our organizational
needs and an intern’s previous work experience, an intern may work in our
promotions, production, finances, or acquisitions departments. In the past,
interns have reviewed submissions for publication, conducted marketing
research, devised community outreach strategies, proofread, researched, fact checked
manuscripts, and assisted editors on special projects.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>Candidates should have some
interest and experience in one or more of these areas in which we publish.
Candidates interested in a specific business area (promotions, production,
finances, editorial) should state their interest and share any relevant
previous experience. Please also highlight any special talents in book-related
areas including graphic design and bookstore experience and include background
on your political and activist involvement. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>Internships require a commitment
to a minimum of 16 hours per week for a three-month period or full-time for one
month. South End Press accepts applications from prospective interns on a
rolling basis. We regret that we cannot pay a stipend to interns, although we
can reimburse interns for their use of public transportation to the office from
within the </span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>Boston</span></font><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'> metro area (the Press is
located in </span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>Central
Square</span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>
on the Red Line in </span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:
Garamond'>Cambridge</span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:
Garamond'>, </span></font><font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>MA</span></font><font
face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'>). We are happy to fulfill any
role necessary to facilitate academic credit for the internship. Interns also
have the opportunity to participate in weekly supervision meetings and to
discuss the many facets of independent publishing with any and all collective
members.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;font-weight:bold'>Interested in applying?</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Please email or send cover letter, resume, and three
references with email contact information to </span></font></p>
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font-family:Garamond'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Asha Tall</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>South End Press</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>7 Brookline Street, Suite 1</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Cambridge</span></font><font face=Garamond><span
style='font-family:Garamond'>, MA 02139</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'> <a href="mailto:asha@southendpress.org">asha@southendpress.org</a></span></font></p>
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Editor/Publisher</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#666699" face="Tempus Sans ITC"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#666699'>South End
Press, 7 Brookline Street, Suite 1, Cambridge, MA 02139</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#666699'>617.547.4002
(office) 617.547.1333 (fax) <a href="http://www.southendpress.org">www.southendpress.org</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=green face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>Our movement to grow <a
href="http://www.southendpress.org/2006/items/80129"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>Community Supported Publishing (CSP)</span></font></a> is
off to a great start. Please consider joining us if you haven't already, and
ask your friends to do the same <a
href="http://www.southendpress.org/2006/items/80129"><font color=green><span
style='color:green'>here</span></font></a>. We appreciate your help in
sustaining radical alternative media!</span></font></p>
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