The Cliff Dwellers Celebrated our Honorary Member, Poet Elise Paschen
Elise Paschen (C Honorary Member ’20), an enrolled member of the Osage Nation, is an important Chicago writer and the author of six poetry collections. Her poems have been published widely to great acclaim. Besides editing or co-editing numerous anthologies such as The Eloquent Poem and the New York Times best-seller Poetry Speaks to Children, she is co-founder of Poetry in Motion, a nationwide program that places poetry posters in subway cars and buses. Dr. Paschen teaches in the MFA Writing Program at the School of Art Institute of Chicago.
The Cliff Dwellers celebrated Elise Paschen’s impactful creative voice and her distinguished career with an enchanting program, which included music by Bill Buchholtz, stories by Dr. Lisa Yun Lee, and poetry readings by Rachel DeWoskin and Thea Goodman. The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (Don Evans) partnered with us to ensure a truly dynamic event!
