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Spoken word artist Dasha Kelly will read from her new novel, Almost Crimson. With the poetic dexterity of Nikki Giovanni and an unforgettable cast of compassionate characters, Dasha Kelly examines one young woman’s struggle to overcome her mother’s depression and father’s absence and live life on her own terms.

Dasha Kelly is the author of the chapbook Hither and the books All Fall Down, Hershey Eats Peanuts, and Call It Forth. She has performed throughout the U.S. and Canada and appeared on HBO Presents Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, is an alum of the Squaw Valley Writers Community, and founder of Still Waters Collective, an arts education and community-building initiative. In 2014, she was selected as a U.S. Embassy Arts Envoy to teach and perform in Botswana, Africa. She lives in Milwaukee, WI.

“Dasha Kelly’s Almost Crimson is a beautiful, poignant account of many lives, tremendous intersections, journeys to wholeness, and an exploration of love and community. This book rightly deserves a place alongside the works of Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and Toni Cade Bambara.”
—Samuel Thompson