Tarik Dobbs runs poetry.onl and is an assistant professor of English in creative writing (poetry) at Southwest Minnesota State University. Dobbs's poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Poem-a-Day, and Poetry Magazine, as well as in the Best of the Net and Best New Poets anthologies. Dobbs is the author of "Nazar Boy" (2024), winner of the 2026 GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry, and "Dearbornistan" (forthcoming in 2028), both from Haymarket Books.
Join us on Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. in the Community Foundation Theater, located in the Gund Gallery.