Gil Ott —poet, editor, and social activist—grew up in the Philadelphia area and died here in 2004. A leader in the local poetry community who also worked with homeless groups and the disability rights movement, Ott edited and published Paper Air magazine and Singing Horse Press, where readers encountered poets such as Harryette Mullen, Linh Dinh, and Norman Fischer. arrive on wave: Collected Poems brings together work in books, magazines, and chapbooks, starting with Light Series (1978) and ending with his last publication, The Amputated Toe (2006). Readers at the launch party will include Charles Alexander, Mel Bentley, Charles Bernstein, Julia Blumenreich, CA Conrad, Kristen Gallagher, Eli Goldblatt, Pattie McCarthy, Trace Peterson, and Ron Silliman.