Otto Vock
Instructor
About Otto
Otto Vock is a Jewish Non-Binary poet and educator from Jersey City, NJ, now residing in Somerville. Their poetry work has previously appeared in The Offing, The Plum Creek Review, and in a self-published chapbook called A Boy Pulls Out His Rib and Uses it for Lipstick. Former Social Media Coordinator at Project VOICE and Program Coordinator and Jersey Art Exchange, current 826 Writers' Room Fellow and Grub Street Instructor, Otto has taught poetry and art residencies in locations from Ohio to NYC with ages ranging from third graders to college seniors and beyond. Their poetry-related social media and curriculum projects have been viewed and used worldwide. They’re the primary author of the companion curriculum for Phil Kaye’s debut book, Date & Time, made in partnership with Button Poetry and Project VOICE.