Lincoln University Receives PHC Grant for Book Group

Lincoln University of Pennsylvania has received a Pennsylvania Humanities Council grant to host a reading and discussion group in the Langston Hughes Memorial Library. The series is free of charge and open to the public. The next session is scheduled for Sunday, October 22, from 3-5 PM.

Led by Dr. Emilie Passow of Drexel University, the audience will examine the themes of estrangement and homecoming in selected works of Jewish literature. For more information, contact Special Collections Librarian Susan Pevar at 610-932-8300, ext. 3266 (spevar@lincoln.edu).

The reading and discussion series is part of a program called “Lets Talk About It: Jewish Literature,” developed by The American Library Association and Nextbook, Inc., which selected Lincoln University as a host site for the series. For more information about the program, visit www.nextbook.org/ala/index.html.

Lincoln University’s local partners include the Chester County Office of The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, as well as the Avon-Grove and Oxford public libraries. Books in the series are available for participants to borrow from all three libraries.

The Pennsylvania Humanities Council inspires individuals to enjoy and share a life of learning enriched by human experience across time and around the world. Since 1973, the PHC has empowered local groups to offer high-quality public programs that have a positive impact on the everyday life of their communities. The PHC represents Pennsylvania in the Federal-State Partnership of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.pahumanities.org or call 800-462-04