Ethan Paquin

Ethan Paquin grew up in Londonderry, New Hampshire.[1] He earned a BA in English/writing from Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and his MFA in creative writing from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers, University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is founding editor of the online literary journal Slope, which he launched in 1999, and co-founded with Christopher Janke the nonprofit poetry press Slope Editions in 2001.[2] He previously taught at Plymouth State University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Medaille College in Buffalo, New York, and in the writing program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Ethan presently lives in rural Mississippi.

Paquin's books have been reviewed in publications including The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, PN Review, New Review of Literature, and Publishers Weekly.

Paquin's poetry has been included in:

• Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (Sarabande Books, 2005)[11]
• Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets (Wave Books, 2002)[12]
• French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets (Louisiana Literature Press, 2006)[13]
• Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry (Autumn House Press, 2007)[14]

• Slope (journal of international poetry)
• Slope Editions