Introduction
Ethan Paquin is an American poet and a native of New Hampshire.
Biography
A member of the I-90 school of poets, Ethan Paquin grew up in Londonderry, New Hampshire. 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. He currently teaches at Plymouth State University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and has previously taught at Medaille College in Buffalo, New York, and in the writing program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Selected publications
Books
- Cloud vs. Cloud (Ahsahta Press, 2013)
- My Thieves (Salt Publishing, 2007)
- The Violence (Ahsahta Press, 2005), runner-up for the 2005 Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Award
- Accumulus (Salt Publishing, 2003)
- The Makeshift (Stride Publications, 2002) (published in England)
Chapbooks
- Deafening Leafening (Pilot Books, 2009) with Matt Hart
- Nineains (Hand Held Editions, 2008)
Other publications
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.
Reviews
Paquin's books have been reviewed in publications including The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Review, PN Review, New Review of Literature, and Publishers Weekly.
Anthologies
Paquin's poetry has been included in:
- Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (Sarabande Books, 2005)
- Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets (Wave Books, 2002)
- French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets (Louisiana Literature Press, 2006)
- Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry (Autumn House Press, 2007)