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?

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 is a former U.S. Army interrogator who lives in Los Angeles where he writes poetry and fiction, often about his misunderstood city. He was born in Alaska, raised in Michigan, and loves to travel. He is coauthor, with John F. Buckley, of POETS' GUIDE TO AMERICA, a verse travelogue published in 2012 by Brooklyn Arts Press.