Selim Tlili

New York City

Selim Tlili is a science educator, author, and writer with more than two decades of classroom experience. He currently teaches at Seton College and Hostos Community College and is the author of *Sketching for Science*.

Jan 20, 2023

The five most valuable books I read in 2022

I read 40 books in 2022. Below are the five books that I felt were the most useful and transformative. If there was a general

Jan 17, 2023

Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" - a summary and some brief thoughts on slapstick and the nature of identity

Summary Aegon, a merchant from Syracuse, is found in Ephesus. The penalty for any merchant from Syracuse found in Ephesus is death unless he can

Jan 13, 2023

2023 - Quests and Habits: My plan to achieve my goals for this year.

I want to try something different this year. Rather than trying to create a bunch of goals for the year I want to try and

Jan 11, 2023

MasterClass review - Appreciating Nancy Cartwright as she teaches voice acting

I just finished my first MasterClass. There are lots of courses that are interesting and worth pursuing but I chose Nancy Cartwright's class

Jan 6, 2023

Venus and Adonis - Appreciating the beauty of Shakespeare's poem and the difference between lust and love

I hadn't attempted to read any of Shakespeare's poems or sonnets before. Even after having taken half a dozen graduate classes