Passings :: Richard Poirier

Richard Poirier on passed away on August 15, 2009, at the age of 83. The College Hill Review blog has provided an extensive list of web resources associated with his work, recognizing him as “a teacher, mentor, and friend” to many CHR contributors, and that “He taught at Williams and Harvard before coming to Rutgers University in 1962 where he built one of the most respected department of English Studies in the country.”