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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991), Polish-American author, was admired for his re-creation of the forgotten world of provincial 19th-century Poland and his depiction of a timeless Jewish ghetto existence. Isaac Bashevis Singer was born on July 14, 1904,...

Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only Yiddish writer ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, was among the most popular and widely read authors of the twentieth century. By the time of his death at the age of eighty-seven, Singer had received a lion'...

Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, first began to write for children in 1966. Three of his first four books were Newbery Honor Books; his fifth, A Day of Pleasure, was the winner of the National Book Award in 1970. H...

THE GOAT (GOODMAN THEATER/ALBERT THEATER; 836 SEATS; $55) CHICAGO A Goodman Theater presentation of a play by Edward Albee in two acts. Directed by Robert Falls. Sets, Michael Philippi; costumes, Nan Cibula-Jenkins; music and sound, Richard Woodbury. Opened Oct. 7, 2003;...

THANATOSIS sounds a nasty thing to have; in fact it can be a clever thing to do. Some insects, snakes and other preyed-upon creatures-most famously the opossum-have perfected the useful trick of feigning death if captured in order to escape when a predator...