Ray Peters
Writing Fellows Program Coordinator
The Writing Fellows Program; Honors ENGL316 (Peer Tutoring and Advanced Composition); UD Committee for Rhodes, Truman, Marshall, and Mitchell Scholarships
- Email: rpeters@udel.edu
- Phone: 302-831-8567
- Degrees earned: A.A., B.A., M.A. in English - All from the University of Delaware
- Favorite musical performers/composers: Miles Davis, Bill Frisell, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Kinks, Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, J.S. Bach, Glenn Gould, George Gershwin, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Doc Watson, Captain Beefheart, Brian Eno, Tom Waits (I could go on and on and on; I really like music.)
- Books you would recommend that you recently read: Matterhorn (a recent novel about the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes), The Last Novel (the final work in David Markson's tetralogy) and Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
- Favorite TV shows and Movies: Breaking Bad, Dexter, Big Bang Theory, The Wire, Bringing Up Baby, Kill Bill (both parts), Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, His Girl Friday, Fargo, Dr. Strangelove, Primer, Dark City, Singin' in the Rain, Guys and Dolls, Three Colors Trilogy
