AI: Friend or Fiend?
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Here you will find essays, research and in-depth articles focused on monthly themes. We will also use this page to present long-form fiction, poetry and memoirs, such as excerpts from your own books and publications. We invite you to share all of this and more. Let OLLI Connects be a home and a staging ground for your precious memories, didactic research projects and long-form fiction. This month’s offering is an essay on AI by one of our science and technology experts.
Imaginative Writing — Marilyn Myerson, Instructor. Start date: 7/10/2025. Four weekly meetings. (7/10/2025-7/31/2025) Virtual Class. Nurture your inner playfulness, draw on spontaneity, and get even more creative! We may re-envision famous movie plots, eavesdrop on a wolf’s conversation from Little Red Riding Hood, or follow Alice down the rabbit hole. Bring a pen and be prepared to have fun. New and returning participants all welcome! Register here.
You’re welcome to join us and chat about writing with experienced OLLI writers at our new monthly Zoom every first Thursday of the month from 3pm to 3:45pm. If you have time, stay longer and have fun writing together freely or with writing prompts. Scheduling changes for May 2025.
- Friday, May 16 — AI Workshop on Zoom. 3 p.m. (45 minutes)
- Friday, May 23 — Writers’ Luncheon — in person at 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. readings
- Thursday, June 5 — First Thursdays Zoom, 3 p.m. — talk over your writing interests, learn about our workshops, stay for free writing.
- Ask for the Zoom link for any of these events at readersandwriters.too@gmail.com .
Write Time for Poets. Welcome to your online poetry-writing community. Once a month, join us in our Zoom room — your creative space. Work on your poems-in-progress and/or practice timed writing in response to prompts. We meet for 90 minutes on the 2nd Thursday each month from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Contact Cath Mason, cmason6@usf.edu for more information.
