OLLI101170 - Short Tales and Book Bites [Online via Zoom]
Course Description
SHORT TALES AND BOOK BITES
Instructor: Tony Trifiletti
Day of Week: Tuesday
Dates: Jan 30 – Apr 9 (10 sessions)
No Class: Mar 5
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Online via Zoom
This is a 10-week discussion class where a facilitator will guide the class in a compelling discussion and debate on the selected short story. All class members will have a chance to provide comments as they choose. We will continue to use the Anthology: The Best American Short Stories of the Century, John Updike and Katrina Kenison eds. (expanded edition), Houghton Mifflin, 2000, as well as online stories. We will continue to use The 1619 Project, ed. Nikole Hannah-Jones, et al, One World, 2021, as our non-fiction selection, reading additional essays from the book. This is primarily a participative course where each session is led by a facilitator who leads the class in discussion.
Maximum Online: 75
Instructor Bio:
Tony Trifiletti, BS, University of Pennsylvania, MS, Imperial College, London, both in Ch. Engineering, MA, Villanova, Liberal Studies. Tony has worked as a teacher, administrator, engineer, and business manager. He’s taught mathematics at La Salle University and Montgomery County Community College and worked for many years at Honeywell Inc. and Johnson Matthey plc. Tony retired as Vice President and Director of Human Resources and has led short story and book discussions at OLLI for many years.
Notes
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