Joey Grihalva is a writer and teacher at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. His first book, Images of America: Milwaukee Jazz, was published in 2019. His forthcoming book, The Milwaukeean, explores issues of trauma, healing, and creativity. It centers around Kellen “Klassik” Abston, an accomplished musician and one of the many young people Dasha Kelly Hamilton helped shepherd into “these grownup streets.”
