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Writer, Performance Artist & Creative Change Agent Dasha Kelly is a writer, performance artist, and creative change agent whose work bridges storytelling, performance art, and social inquiry. She is the author of award-winning poetry, essays, and fiction, and a mainstage storyteller and host with The Moth. A Poet Laureate Emerita for both the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin, Kelly is also a National Laureate Fellow with the Academy of American Poets. An alum of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, she has served internationally as an Arts Envoy for the U.S. Embassy. Her nationally touring stage production, Makin' Cake, explores race, class, and equity through the cultural history of baking, and is now the subject of a documentary film of the same name. Across platforms and stages, Kelly's work invites audiences into honest, layered conversations about citizenship, resilience, and celebration in America. For bookings, press, and media inquiries: dashakelly.com/contact

Appointments, honors, publications, performance & broadcast credits, and press features — a complete overview of Dasha Kelly's creative career.