Dobby Gibson’s first book of poetry, Polar, 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. Gibson's poetry has appeared in many publications: Ploughshares, Fence, Iowa Review, New England Review, Conduit, and among other publications. He is the recipient of a poetry fellowship from the McKnight Foundation. He currently lives in Minneapolis.