. . . as big, gorgeous, playful, and dangerous as the poems inside. We’re so grateful to Copper Canyon Press and Dean’s long-time designer Phil Kovacevich for bringing this vision to life. Anyone who knew Dean knows he’d be thrilled.” —Dobby Gibson Preorder your copy at: bit.ly/3MqL535

Forthcoming April 7: CREATURE FEATURE by DEAN YOUNG For this #coverfeature, Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart, friends of DEAN YOUNG, take us behind the cover art of YOUNG'S first posthumous collection:

Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30. 📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Care. Our first duty. "The government calls us “paid agitators” and “paid protesters” because it can’t allow for the idea that citizens will care for one another for neither money nor politics." @dobbygibson.bsky.social via @lithub.com.web.brid.gy lithub.com/letter-from-...

Over the next few weeks @literaryhub.bsky.social will be publishing letters from Minnesotans about ICE’s authoritarian occupation of their home. First up today is poet Dobby Gibson. lithub.com/letter-from-...

Poet Dobby Gibson @dobbygibson.bsky.social in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about the multitudes of forms & methods in the works from his latest collection, HOLD EVERYTHING @graywolfpress.bsky.social #interlocutorinterviews interlocutorinterviews.com/new-blog/202...