OLLI101170 - Short Tales and Book Bites [Online via Zoom]
Course Description
SHORT TALES AND BOOK BITES
Instructor: Tony Trifiletti
Day of Week: Tuesday
Dates: Sept. 30 - Dec. 9 (10 sessions)
Time: 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
This is a 10-week discussion class where a facilitator will guide the class in a compelling analysis and debate on the selected short story. All class members will have a chance to provide comments as they choose. We will use stories available on-line from different time periods as well as stories available from previous anthologies used in class. This is primarily a participative course where each session is led by a facilitator who leads the class in discussion of the OLLI at Temple | Fall 2025 | olli@temple.edu | 215-204-1505 47 noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Return to Table of Contents selected work.
Maximum: 75
Instructor Bio: Tony Trifiletti holds a BS from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS from Imperial College London, both in chemical engineering, and an MA in liberal studies from Villanova University. He has worked as a teacher, administrator, engineer, and business manager. Tony has taught mathematics at La Salle University and Montgomery County Community College. He retired as vice president and director of human resources after careers at Honeywell Inc. and Johnson Matthey plc. Tony has led short story and book discussions at OLLI for many years.
Notes
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