Author Event: Author Event: Dasha Kelly Hamilton

Swamp Fox Bookstore is delighted to welcome Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Poet Laureate Emerita of Wisconsin and the City of Milwaukee, to the store on Monday, May 19 at 6 pm. Our shop will be open for evening shopping hours prior to the event starting at 4 pm.

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. 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 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.”

A limited number of Dasha's books will be available for purchase and she will be happy to sign books after the event. If you would like to guarantee a copy of her book(s), please preorder by May 1, 2025.