Paul James Petrie †84 (1928 - 2012)

He was an American poet and professor emeritus. Petrie graduated of Wayne State University, where he earned a BA and an MA. After graduation began his career as a poet. He published 10 volumes of poetry and his work were published in over 100 literary journals and several anthologies (Poetry, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, Sewanee Review, Paris Review, Massachusetts Review, The Michigan Quarterly Review). He was also a teacher of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island for 31 years.