Dasha Kelly, author of BAKER'S DOZEN - a Boswell event

Schedule

Tue Jun 16 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI

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Milwaukee native Dasha Kelly appears at Boswell with her new novel, Baker's Dozen
About this Event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Dasha Kelly, author of Baker's Dozen. Part mystery, part study of our shared lessons on desire, Baker's Dozen reveals and unravels grief, family history, and the ties that bind.

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Dasha Kelly is a writer, performance artist, and creative change agent. Former Poet Laureate of Milwaukee and Wisconsin, she is a National Laureate Fellow with the Academy of American Poets and an alum of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. As a mainstage storyteller with The Moth and creator of the touring show Makin' Cake, she sparks dialogue on race, class, and equity. She has served as a US Embassy Arts Envoy and founded Still Waters Collective, a nonprofit uplifting community voices for 25 years.

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Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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