There's no big news at Milkweed. We had an intern dinner a couple of week ago, which I forgot to mention. There ended up being only four out of the six of us, and non literary subjects were definitely breached. We went to a Japanese restaurant about two blocks away from Open Book. Sushi was had by all and it was a wonderful, if not short-lived, outing. I get along well with the majority of interns in the office. I am the only one still currently in college. Most of them are very recent graduates, with the exception of a twenty-seven year old.
I managed to live "slush free" for weeks, but then the unsolicited manuscripts came in by the tens. Three of the manuscripts that I requested were also requested by the editor and sent back to me in their complete form, which is infinitely exciting for me. I just finished proofreading a manuscript that we recently acquired.
I was given another project for the Milkweed website. I have to create a Q & A on our poetry in translation to go with "Blood of the Sun,"a new book we are publishing by Brazilian writer Salgado Maranhão, translated from Portuguese, so that should be an interesting change of pace. It will also be a good opportunity for me to familiarize myself with literature in translation, which is certainly beneficial to my interest in becoming a translator.
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