Spring 2010 interns
April 5, 2010
Meet our latest and greatest batch of dedicated, hard-working interns…
Anjali Becker
Jali Becker recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in history and no clear idea of what she actually wanted to do, now that she was supposedly “all grown up.” After spending a few years consulting, she realized that what she really likes is reading books, talking about books, and generally being around books. So she decided that a career in publishing might be a good idea. She can’t cook, hates cleaning, and knows way more random movie trivia than is healthy. Her favorite word is “sesquipedalian.”
Laura Stiers
Laura Stiers is a third-year English major at the University of Chicago, where she is the poetry editor for the literary magazine Euphony. Last summer, she worked as a student assistant at the University of Chicago Press, and found it to be pretty much the coolest job ever. Now she is excited to continue her adventures in publishing at Ivan R. Dee. Laura occasionally spends her time not reading a book for one or even two hours at a stretch, but then quickly comes to her senses.
A.Jay Wagner
A.Jay Wagner originally hails from rural Ohio and has the accent to prove it. After graduating from the University of Dayton with a marketing degree, he impetuously packed his bags for Portland, Oregon. While in Portland, he worked various grocery jobs before finding employment for two years in the commercial real estate industry. He interned at Yeti Magazine and Tin House. He published a zine, Ephemeral, of friends’ writing and art on a clam shell letterpress. No doubt, a large stack of Ephemeral issues (complete with 4-D glasses) sit piled in a corner of Reading Frenzy. A.Jay returned to his Midwestern roots to begin work on a master’s degree in journalism at DePaul. He writes for a variety of blogs and also interns at Windy Citizen.
Ryan Warden
Ryan Warden is a senior at Northwestern University, studying English literature with side interests in film and media studies. In addition to interning at Ivan R. Dee, he works as a bookstore assistant at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and as a tutor at the Northwestern University writing center, working primarily with ESL students, faculty and staff. After graduation, he hopes to continue working in book publishing, following his interests in film, cultural studies, history, and literature in translation.
