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.
Events are free and open to the public.
Spring 2024 Readings
- February 6: Mathias Svalina (Flywheel Series– UMW alum, published many books, new poetry volume out this December),
- March 19: Jess Alexander and Vi Khi Nao (Flywheel Series– collaborative authors of That Woman Could be You, Blaze Vox, 2022),
Fall 2023 Reading
Ray Levy is reading from his newly published novel, School, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 5:00 PM, in “the Mansion,” at 1201 William Street.
Fall 2022 Reading
The first Flywheel series reading in 2022-23 is scheduled for 5:00 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 15, featuring Laura Bylenok in celebration of her newly published collection, Living Room (University of Nebraska Press, 2022 and winner of the Backwaters Prize in Poetry).
a literary reading by
LAURA BYLENOK
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
5 p.m. EDT at 1201 William Street (“the mansion”)
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!
The Flywheel Reading Series features literary readings and Q&A conversations with contemporary writers of poetry and prose. Events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Ray Levy at rlevy@umw.edu
Past Readings
Warren Rochelle | February 25, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EST
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Warren Rochelle is the author of four novels and a collection of short fiction. His recent books include The Werewolf and His Boy and The Wicked Stepbrother and Other Stories, both published by JMS Books in September 2020. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and has just retired from teaching English at the University of Mary Washington.
Never Angeline Nørth | March 11, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. ESTRegister here.
Never Angeline Nørth is author of the books Sea-Witch (Inside the Castle 2020), Careful Mountain (CCM 2016), and Sara or the Existence of Fire (Horse Less Press 2014). She lives in Olympia, WA. For more information, see her website.
Tom Cho | April 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EST
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Tom Cho is the author of Look Who’s Morphing, published in North America by Arsenal Pulp Press and in Australia by Giramondo and shortlisted for multiple literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. Tom also has over 70 fiction pieces published in journals and anthologies. His current writing project is a novel that mashes up fiction, pop culture, philosophy of religion, and much more besides. Originally from Naarm (“Melbourne, Australia”), he is now based in Tkarón:to (“Toronto, Canada”). For more information, see his website.
Lily Duffy | April 15, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. EST
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Lily Duffy is a poet, editor, and social work student living in Denver. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection TACT (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press) as well as the chapbooks Wet Water Hill (Garden- Door Press) and Sour Candy (Really Serious Literature). With Ray Levy, she edits DREGINALD. For more information, see her website.