Gil Ott

Gil Ott Celebration at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, October 27, 2001

complete recording (1:35:54): MP3, RealAudio

excerpt (podcast) (23 minutes): MP3

segmented reading:

1. Introduction by Kerry Sherin and Kristen Gallagher (9:02): MP3

Gil Ott reads:

2. the poet's introductory remarks (3:10): MP3
3. A Walk (2:08): MP3
4. I Make Plans (3:23): MP3
5. PRSPHNE (4:12): MP3
6. Kedardo (9:20): MP3

Charles Alexander reads from "Near or Random Acts"

7. introductory remarks (2:29): MP3
8. Near or Random Acts: 16-29 (5:05): MP3

Ammiel Alcalay reads

9. remarks (2:30): MP3
10. excerpt from "Understanding Revolution" (7:02): MP3

Julia Blumenreich reads

11. remarks (2:47): MP3
12. Gil and Julia read collaborative poems (6:23): MP3

Linh Dinh reads

13. remarks (1:15): MP3
14. Thirteen (4:23): MP3

Kristen Gallagher reads

15. remarks (3:12): MP3
16. excerpt from Il-jum-oh, written by Handwritten Press author, Ike Kim (1:24): MP3

Craig Czury reads

17. Walking the Bloody Fifth (1:58): MP3

Eli Goldblatt reads

18. remarks (2:35): MP3
19. Goldblatt reads Bob Perelman's "Letter to Gil" (1:37): MP3
20. Diver to Driver (2:02): MP3
21. Bru-ha on Stage (2:08): MP3

Chris McCreary

22. remarks (2:40): MP3
23. Heart of Darkness (0:59): MP3
24. Pale Fire (1:13): MP3

Segue Series reading at the Ear Inn, February 19, 1989

1. introduction (0:58): MP3
2. song by Jack Micheline (3:56): MP3
3. "nothing grows, the legend" (1:34): MP3
4. Congruence and Plenitude (3:06): MP3
5. The Forgotten (1:21): MP3
6. Concave (0:35): MP3
7. Convex (0:32): MP3
8. Whites (3:28): MP3
9. Private Life (2:03): MP3
10. "poor, got his angry" (1:27): MP3
11. Status (4:39): MP3

complete reading (24:16): MP3

Also of interest:

from Frequency Audio Journal, First Issue, 2004

1. The Moon Does Not Run On Gasoline (0:48): MP3
2. Stingere (2:09): MP3

Gil Ott on PennSound Daily

• July 10, 2009: "PennSound Podcast #17: Honoring Gil Ott"

© 2005 Estate of Gil Ott and participating authors. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the authors and their estates. Used by permission of Julia Blumenreich and Kristen Gallagher. Distributed by PennSound.