| Intro | American writer |
| Is | Poet |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
Dobby Gibson (born 1970) is an American poet. 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. He is also the author of a second collection of poetry, Skirmish (Graywolf Press, 2009). A third collection, “It Becomes You” (Graywolf Press) is forthcoming in January 2013.
Gibson’s poetry has appeared in many publications: Ploughshares, Fence, Iowa Review, New England 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.
Published works
Gibson, Dobby (2005). Polar. Alice James Books. ISBN 978-1-882295-49-4.