![Participants in the marathon reading of Milton's <em>Paradise Lost</em>.](https://www.hamilton.edu/assets/mmlibrary/images/185x/miltonreading.jpg)
This semester's Milton class hosted a marathon reading of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost on April 11 in Burke Library. The 12-hour Milton fest drew some 60 students, faculty and community members, according to Margaret Thickstun, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of English, who teaches the class.