Dobby Gibson

Dobby Gibson (born 1970) is an American poet.[1] His first book of poetry, Polar, (Alice James Books, 2004) won the 2004 Beatrice Hawley Award and was a finalist for the 2006 Minnesota Book Award.[1] He is also the author of Skirmish (Graywolf Press, 2009)[2] and "It Becomes You" (Graywolf Press, 2013).[3] His fourth collection, "Little Glass Planet" is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in May 2019.

Gibson's poetry has appeared in many publications: Ploughshares, Fence, Iowa Review, New England Review, American Poetry Review, Conduit, among others. He is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the McKnight Foundation. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he earned a B.A. from Connecticut College in 1993 and an M.F.A. from Indiana University in 1997. He currently lives in Minneapolis.[1]

Published works

Gibson, Dobby (2005). Polar. Alice James Books. ISBN 978-1-882295-49-4. [4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Polar,". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08.
  2. Gibson, Dobby (2009). Skirmish: Poems. Graywolf Press. ISBN 1-55597-515-1.
  3. "It Becomes You,".
  4. Ploughshares, "Polar"
  5. Gibson, Dobby (2009). Skirmish: Poems. [(Graywolf Press)]. ISBN 978-1-55597-515-9.
  6. Graywolf Press, "Skirmish" Archived May 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Gibson, Dobby (2013). It Becomes You: Poems. [(Graywolf Press)]. ISBN 978-1555976323.


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