Heroes and Householders - Softcover

Turtell, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475913567 ISBN 13: 9781475913569

Publisher: iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

HEROES AND HOUSEHOLDERS pays tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Edward Field, Joan Larkin, and James Schuyler, and documents the life of an ordinary, everyday householder in poems critic Marjorie Perloff calls "charming and subtle"

About this title

About the Author:

STEVE TURTELL was born in Brooklyn and lives in New York City. He was Director of Public programs at the Museum of the City of New York, the South-Street Seaport Museum, and the New-York Historical Society. His 2001 chapbook, Letter to Frank O'Hara was th

Review:

His poems are shaped with an economy, with a supple control, that recalls the lyrics of W.B. Yeats--perfectly solid and down to earth, yet floating with a lyric ease. This is an impressive debut. --Edward Field

Steve Turtell's poems are refreshingly direct and unpretentious. I'm moved by their generous humanity, their plainspoken, hard-won truths, and the poet's deep relishing of his experiences, desired or not. His uncommon craft makes it sound almost simple. --Joan Larkin

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1475913567
• ISBN 13: 9781475913569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92