Ethan Paquin Explained

Ethan Paquin is an American poet and a native of New Hampshire.

Biography

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.

His book The Violence (2005) was the runner-up for the 2005 Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Award.^[3] His writing has been published in journals including Colorado Review, Fence, Verse, The Boston Review, Boulevard, New American Writing, Quarterly West, Pleiades, Esquire, Jacket (Australia), and Meanjin (Australia). His literary criticism has appeared in journals including The Boston Review, Verse, Canadian Review of Books, and Contemporary Poetry Review. Paquin's books have been reviewed in publications including The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, PN Review, New Review of Literature, and Publishers Weekly'.

Selected publications

Books

• The Makeshift (Stride Publications, 2002)
• Accumulus (Salt Publishing, 2003)
• The Violence (Ahsahta Press, 2005)
• My Thieves (Salt Publishing, 2007)
• Cloud vs. Cloud (Ahsahta Press, 2013)

Chapbooks

• Nineains (Hand Held Editions, 2008)^[4]
• Deafening Leafening (Pilot Books, 2009) with Matt Hart^[5]

Anthologies

Paquin's poetry has been included in:

• Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets. Brett Fletcher Lauer and Aimee Kelley, editors. (Wave Books, 2002)
• Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Michael Dumanis and Cate Marvin, editors. (Sarabande Books, 2005)
• French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets. Christine Gelineau and Jack B. Bedell, editors. (Louisiana Literature Press, 2006)
• Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry. Robert Strong, editor. (Autumn House Press, 2007)

External links

• Slope (journal of international poetry)
• Slope Editions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethan Paquin, English . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141625/http://www.uml.edu/FAHSS/English/adjunct-faculty/Paquin-Ethan.aspx . January 16, 2014 . January 14, 2014 . UMass Lowell.
2. Web site: Larimer . Kevin . Slope Builds Press on Level Ground | Poets and Writers . Pw.org . January 2002. 2015-05-22.
3. Web site: December 2006 . Chaparral Updrafts . 2015-05-22 . Chaparralpoets.org.
4. Web site: Hand Held Editions . Handheldeditions.blogspot.com . 2015-05-22.
5. Web site: http://www.pilotpoetry.com/books/index.php?id=15 . 2010-06-03.