2010 Minnesota Book Award Finalists

The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library has named the finalists for the 22nd annual Minnesota Book Awards. The Awards are given each year for books published in the previous year. Winners will be announced April 17, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown St. Paul. The event will be hosted by Minnesota Public [...]

Posted at 3:57 pm on February 19, 2010 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

SKIRMISH named to 2009 METRO 100

“Because his poems contain extraordinarily evocative lines like, “You only have to make her one grilled cheese in the suffocating heat of summer while still wearing your wet swim trunks to know what it’s like to be in love.” And because his latest book, SKIRMISH, is the finest volume of poetry to come out of Minnesota [...]

Posted at 4:21 pm on September 30, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

About

skirmishDobby Gibson is the author of POLAR (Alice James Books), which won the 2004 Beatrice Hawley Award, and SKIRMISH (Graywolf Press). He lives in Minneapolis where he serves on the board of directors of The Loft Literary Center.