Interactive Poetry with Dasha Kelly
Dasha Kelly reads from A Line Meant during the 2022 Farm/Art DTour, organized by Wormfarm Institute.
Program Details
Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly will lead an interactive engagement that decomposes and re-composes language, inviting participants to explore poetry, history, and the stories we create together.
Location
Park Hall
Main Floor Sanctuary
307 Polk Street
Sauk City, WI 53583
- Interactive activity
- Inside
Contributor
Dasha Kelly (she/her)
https://dashakh.com/
Instagram: @dasha_kelly
Dasha Kelly is a writer, performance artist and creative change agent. She has authored award-winning poetry, essays and fiction. She is a mainstage storyteller and host with The Moth, an alum of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, Poet Laureate Emerita for both the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin and a National Laureate Fellow with the American Academy of Poets. In 2024, Dasha was named a Living Legacy Honoree by the licensing agency for the legendary poet Gwendolyn Brooks. A skilled engagement practitioner and instructor, Dasha has facilitated initiatives in Botswana, Mauritius and Beirut as an Arts Envoy for the U.S. Embassy. Her nationally-touring stage show, Makin’ Cake, serves audiences a unique conversation on race, class and equity. Her documentary film of the same title premiered in Spring 2026. Her nonprofit literary arts organization, Still Waters Collective, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Dasha’s recent releases are a poetry anthology, A Line Meant (Jaded Ibis Press), a 10th anniversary edition of Almost Crimson (Traitmarker Books), and a new novel, Baker’s Dozen (Jaded Ibis).