Applications are available for Assimilating America: The Life and Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a new initiative that provides grants to libraries that present public programs on the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991). Libraries of all types are invited to apply. To obtain a grant application, please visit www.ala.org/publicprograms. Applications must be received by December 15, 2003.
Fifty selected libraries will receive a $450 grant to cover programming costs and support materials, including the authoritative three-volume hardcover collection "Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories," which will be published by The Library of America in July 2004; a reading group guide; the How to Organize a Singer Program leaders guide; and access to an extensive Singer Centennial Web site that contains a national calendar of events, biographical and critical writings on Singer, continuously updated resources, and relevant links to other sites. Grant recipients also are invited to attend an orientation workshop at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., on June 27, 2004. The centennial celebration, Assimilating America, will provide funding for a variety of public programs, including scholar or teacher-led book discussion groups, discussions of the differences and similarities between the book and film versions of one of Singers works, readings of Singers stories by local performers or community leaders, lectures by scholars and others knowledgeable about Singer and his work, panel discussions featuring scholars or writers familiar with the themes portrayed in Singers works, screenings of films based on Singers works or documentaries on the writer, or dramatizations based on Singers works. Libraries applying for a grant are asked to develop a program for a public audience based on one of the aforementioned program ideas or a new idea that explores Singers life and work. Isaac Bashevis Singer, the most famous Yiddish writer of the 20th century, was an immigrant writer who gained recognition as a renowned American writer. His writings include The Family Moskat (1950), The Magician of Lublin (1961), In My Fathers Court (1966), The Manor (1967), and The Estate (1969). Assimilating America is an initiative of The Library of America in cooperation with the ALA Public Programs Office, and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities and Culture www.ala.org.publicprograms [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
