Steve Turtell is a poet who lives in New York City. His collection of poems, Heroes and Householders, was published in 2009 by Orchard House Press and will be reissued in May 2012 in an expanded second edition. His 2001 chapbook, Letter to Frank O’Hara is the 2010 winner of the Rebound Chapbook Prize given by Seven Kitchens Press and was reissued with an introduction by Joan Larkin in 2011. His most recent book, Portraits and Places, was published by Palermo Publishing in 2025. You can follow him on Instagram as @rdturtle and friend him on facebook.