Richard Poirier
(1925-2009) Writer, literary critic. Richard Poirier was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and died in Manhattan, New York. He founded the literary journal, Raritan: A Quarterly Review.
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Anthony Piccione
(1939-2001) Poet. Anthony Piccione was born in Sheffield, Alabama, and died in Prattsburgh, New York. He grew up on Long Island and taught at the State University of New York at Brockport for twenty-five years.
John Pierpont
(1785-1866) Poet. John Pierpont was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was pastor of a church in Troy, New York, for a time.
Sylvester Pollet
(1939-2007) Poet. Sylvester Pollet was born in Woodstock, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
James Purdy
(1914-2009) Writer. James Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
William H Pierson Jr
(c.1911-2008) Historian. William H. Pierson, Jr. received a master’s degree in art history from New York University.
Mark Perlberg
(1929-2008) Poet. Mark Perlberg was born in Palisade, New Jersey and grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and New York City. He was co-founder of the Poetry Center of Chicago.
S J Perelman
(1904-1979) Writer, humorist. S. J. Perelman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a frequent contributor to “The New Yorker.”
Dith Pran
(1942-2008) Photojournalist, writer. Dith Pran was a Cambodian journalist who escaped from the Killing Fields of Cambodia and moved to New York.
Theodore Pratt
(1901-1969) Novelist. Theodore Pratt was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but moved with his family to New York State.