Poetry. "As an architect of the gap, Gil Ott provides many doors whereby this place may be entered and whereby you may encounter and be part of the 'traffic' of that occurrence. It's not a house of many mansions, but it is poetry, a place which may not take place unless you enter. So: a different sort of gesture, one of welcome invitation. Think it over. What have other hands offered you lately?" - John Taggart.
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''The book is looking forward with empty hands, toward you.'' So: a sort of gesture, perhaps a sort of supplication. What is being asked? Only that you enter ''the place in between, where poetry occurs.'' As an architect of the gap, Gil Ott provides many doors whereby you may encounter and be part of the ''traffic'' of that occurrence. It's not a house of many mansions, but it is poetry, a place which may not take place unless you enter. So: a different sort of gesture, one of welcome invitation. Think it over. What have other hands offered you lately? --John Taggart
--This text refers to the
Perfect Paperback
edition.
About the Author
A widely published essayist and poet, Gil Ott was Editor and Publisher of Singing Horse Press. The journal Paper Air, which the Press published from 1976 through 1990, was the recipient of an Editors' Award from the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses in 1985. Gil's own writing won several awards, including fellowships from the Headlands Center for the Arts (California), and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
He published several books of poetry, including The Yellow Floor (Sun & Moon, 1985), within range (Burning Deck, 1987), Public Domain (Potes & Poets, 1989) and The Whole Note. Essays focusing on the role of the arts in social change have appeared in American Poetry Review, High Performance, American News Service, M/E/A/N/I/N/G, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cultural Democracy, and others.
From 1981 through 1995, Ott worked at Philadelphia's Painted Bride Art Center, creating an extensive network of community-based arts and educational collaborations. He served as the first Director of Development for Liberty Resources, a consumer-run organization that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities. He also served on the Boards of Directors of the Community Education Center and Point Breeze Performing Arts Center. In total, Ott worked for more than twenty years as a professional in the field of cultural and community-based nonprofit management.
He lived in Philadelphia with his wife, poet and educator Julia Blumenreich and their daughter Willa. Gil Ott died in 2004.
See also, The Form of Our Uncertainty: A Tribute to Gil Ott Kristen Gallagher, ed --This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.
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