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Ethan Paquin, associate professor of English at Medaille College, will participate in the Ninth Annual Juniper Festival at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on April 24-25.
Inaugurated in 2000 as the Big Small Press Fest, each year the Festival highlights exciting work in the literary arts. The two-day event features readings, addresses, roundtables, and a journal and book fair. Paquin, founding editor of the influential online poetry journal Slope (slope.org) and small press Slope Editions is participating in a panel discussion featuring editors of independent literary magazines.
Medaille College students have served in editorial and intern capacities at Slope Editions since 2002, an opportunity that has fit with the writing and English programs in the undergraduate college.