Elise Paschen

Elise Paschen, an enrolled member of the Osage Nation, is the author of Tallchief, The Nightlife, Bestiary, Infidelities (winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize), and Houses: Coasts. Her poems have appeared in When The Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, Best American Poetry, The New Yorker and Poetry, among other publications. She has edited numerous anthologies, including The Eloquent Poem as well as The New York Times best-selling Poetry Speaks. A co-founder of Poetry in Motion, Paschen teaches in the MFA Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.