Dasha Kelly Hamilton is a writer, performance artist, and creative change agent. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, and has authored award-winning poetry, essays, and fiction. A skilled engagement practitioner and an adjunct instructor, Dasha has facilitated initiatives in Botswana, Mauritius, and Beirut as an Arts Envoy for the U.S. Embassy. She voices audiobooks, is a mainstage storyteller and host with The Moth, is an alum of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and is Poet Laureate Emerita for both the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin. Dasha’s nationally touring stage show, Makin’ Cake, serves audiences a unique conversation on race, class, and equity. Dasha is currently working on the release of two novels in 2025: Baker’s Dozen (Jaded Ibis Press) and a tenth anniversary reprint of Almost Crimson (Curbside Splendor), which BuzzFeed named as one of the “16 of the Most Exciting Books of 2015 by Independent Publishers.”
PUBLICATION BY JADED IBIS PRESS
In this poetry anthology, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Dasha Kelly Hamilton has solicited cosmopolitan voices across the state, from established poets to farmers, retirees, inmates, and more. Starting with single lines of existing poetry, participants not only crafted their own unique works, but also shared their poems and insights as a form of connective tissue with one another. Like a tree from many roots, A Line Meant threads together both the professional and hobbyist poet, growing new, powerful art from the margins between.
A Line Meant is available for preorder now!
