The Flywheel Reading Series features literary readings and Q&A conversations with contemporary writers of poetry and prose. Flywheel is supported and facilitated by the Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Mary Washington. The Fall 2021 Reading Series will be conducted virtually. Events are free and open to the public. If you’re interested in a Zoom invitation to a particular reading, please contact Professor Ray Levy at rlevy@umw.edu.
Colin Rafferty writes about monuments and memorials (Hallow This Ground, Break Away Books, 2016), presidents (Execute the Office, Baobab Press, 2021), and more generally public and private histories. In doing research for Execute the Office, he visited the graves of 28 presidents, toured the homes of another 16, and, for reasons still unbeknownst to him, was allowed to handle a four-page letter written by George Washington. Rafferty has taught nonfiction writing at the University of Mary Washington since 2008, developing classes on nonfiction of place, the lyric essay, and writing for multimedia. Since 2012, he has lived in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their dog in the same neighborhood where Patrick Henry gave the “give me liberty or give me death” speech in the presence of two future presidents. He is surrounded by history.
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