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Richard Poirier (born Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1925, died New York City, August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic. He co-founded the Library of America, and served as chairman of its board. He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at Rutgers University.[1] He was also the editor of Raritan, a literary quarterly, and an editor of Partisan Review. He was series editor of Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards from 1961 to 1966. In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[2] He graduated from Amherst College, Yale University, and Harvard University, and also studied under the literary critic F. R. Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge on a Fulbright Scholarship.[3][4] Works
References1. ^{{cite journal|last=Mack|first=Arien (Editor)|title=IN TIME OF PLAGUE THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF LETHAL EPIDEMIC DISEASE|journal=Social Research|date=Autumn 1988|volume=55|issue=3|url=http://www.socres.org/vol55/issue553.htm#bios|accessdate=10 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107120144/http://www.socres.org/vol55/issue553.htm#bios|archivedate=7 January 2011|df=}} 2. ^"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post 3. ^Bruce Weber, 'Richard Poirier, a Scholar of Literature, Dies at 83', New York Times, 18 August 2009.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/books/18poirier.html] 4. ^Richard Poirier, 'The Great Tradition', New York Review of Books, 12 December 1963. External links
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