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Captive
What happens when an interrogator turns the same unwavering attention to obtaining the truth to the wars we wage among countries, people, families and ourselves? Who and what defines what hold us Captive?
Martin Ott, a former U.S. Army interrogator, puts the world and his personal life beneath an inquisitor’s bright light in a debut collection of poetry that has been featured in magazines such as Connecticut Review, Harvard Review, Hotel Amerika, New Letters, Notre Dame Review and Prairie Schooner.
Martin Ott, a former U.S. Army interrogator, puts the world and his personal life beneath an inquisitor’s bright light in a debut collection of poetry that has been featured in magazines such as Connecticut Review, Harvard Review, Hotel Amerika, New Letters, Notre Dame Review and Prairie Schooner.
91 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 11, 2013
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About the author
Martin Ott
14 books128 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Born in Alaska and raised in Michigan, Martin Ott served as an interrogator in U.S. Army military intelligence.
He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Masters of Professional Writing Program at USC, and often writes about his adopted city, including in the novel The Interrogator's Notebook (currently being pitched by Paradigm as a TV pilot) and poetry books Captive, De Novo Prize Winner, C&R Press and Underdays, Sandeen Prize Winner, University of Notre Dame Press (Fall 2015).
Social and political themes are prevalent in all of his books, particularly Poets' Guide to America and Yankee Broadcast Network, coauthored with John F. Buckley, Brooklyn Arts Press and his short story collection, Interrogations, Fomite Press (Spring 2016). His novel Spectrum, C&R Press, (Fall 2016), asks what if a wall is built in a post-apocalyptic America, fueled by bigotry and the unintended consequences of technology.
His most recent poetry book, LESSONS IN CAMOUFLAGE, C&R Press, 2018, explores the hidden reservoirs of his life as an interrogator, divorced father, and estranged son to a dying mother, all with an eye on truths easy to conceal and sometimes painful to reveal.
His Writeliving blog - http://writeliving.wordpress.com/ - has been read by more than 30,000 people in 100+ countries. More at www.martinottwriter.com.
Born in Alaska and raised in Michigan, Martin Ott served as an interrogator in U.S. Army military intelligence.
He moved to Los Angeles to attend the Masters of Professional Writing Program at USC, and often writes about his adopted city, including in the novel The Interrogator's Notebook (currently being pitched by Paradigm as a TV pilot) and poetry books Captive, De Novo Prize Winner, C&R Press and Underdays, Sandeen Prize Winner, University of Notre Dame Press (Fall 2015).
Social and political themes are prevalent in all of his books, particularly Poets' Guide to America and Yankee Broadcast Network, coauthored with John F. Buckley, Brooklyn Arts Press and his short story collection, Interrogations, Fomite Press (Spring 2016). His novel Spectrum, C&R Press, (Fall 2016), asks what if a wall is built in a post-apocalyptic America, fueled by bigotry and the unintended consequences of technology.
His most recent poetry book, LESSONS IN CAMOUFLAGE, C&R Press, 2018, explores the hidden reservoirs of his life as an interrogator, divorced father, and estranged son to a dying mother, all with an eye on truths easy to conceal and sometimes painful to reveal.
His Writeliving blog - http://writeliving.wordpress.com/ - has been read by more than 30,000 people in 100+ countries. More at www.martinottwriter.com.
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January 2, 2018
Overall, a great collection of poetry. Ott has a wonderful and accessible style. Reading poetry is not always easy especially because many of us find it daunting after high school English. I'd recommend this collection for people who want to start reading poetry again. It's substantive enough, but also light and easy to follow.
April 18, 2018
ok I definitely teared up frequently when reading this. Ott knows how to write poetry, and specially knows how to end poems with that blow you don't necessarily want but sometimes need
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