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Engage with top writers, poets, and teachers—including Norton's award-winning authors and editors—for thought provoking talks and student lectures throughout the academic year.

Featured Events

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Getting the Most out of the Norton Introduction to Literature- Included Student and Instructor Resources

Hosted by Ryan Schwab and Eleanor Lilly

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Want to see simple ways you can incorporate digital resources into your course? Join the W. W. Norton Literature Team for a 30-minute workshop to explore the new and updated resources for the Fifteenth Edition of Kelly Mays's The Norton Introduction to Literature.

We will show you how you can improve student engagement and close reading with the NEW Norton Ebook Reader features, an updated InQuizitive course, and Close Reading Workshops, along with other easy-to-use resources that can be accessed through any Learning Management System, like Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, and Canvas.

Can't attend the live event? Register now, and we'll send you the workshop recording!

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Lit Talk: The African American Literary Tradition

Hosted by Jesse McCarthy and Autumn Womack

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Join us for a conversation with new Norton Anthology of African American editor Jesse McCarthy and Norton Library editor Autumn Womack on the African American Literary Tradition as it stands today.

This event is free and open to all interested, and we will have time for an audience Q&A. All registrants will receive a recording of this event.

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Lit Talk: Selecting Readings & Sparking Dialogue in Introduction to Literature Classes in the Age of AI with Kelly J. Mays

Hosted by Kelly Mays, Sarah Touborg, Eleanor Lilly

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Join the Conversation! How do you select readings that will engage students and lead to lively discussion and writing, especially in this age of AI? In this 30-minute conversation, Kelly Mays will discuss how she tries to do just that in the new fifteenth edition of her book, The Norton Introduction to Literature. Join us for an insider's look at how she searches for diverse selections from today's most exciting voices that are teachable, inclusive, and help foster close reading and confident writing. She’ll also discuss the process of writing a new chapter, Writing with Generative AI. Bring your own questions for Kelly for a live Q&A following the 30-minute conversation.

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Archived Events

Lit Talk: Ancient Epics with Emily Wilson, Scott McGill, and Susannah Wright

Innovative Approaches to Teaching with Norton Anthologies

Lit Talk: Emily Wilson on the Power of Translation

The Making of a Norton Anthology

Lit Talk: Glory Edim & Kelly Mays in Conversation with Glory Edim and Kelly Mays

Illuminating the English Major: What Do Students Really Want & How Can Departments Respond? with Janine Utell

Teaching the New and Unfamiliar with The Norton Anthology of American Literature with Robert Levine and Edward Whitley

Death and the King's Horseman with editor Simon Gikandi

A Conversation with Rita Dove

The Odyssey with Emily Wilson

Translator of the Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition

Mrs. Dalloway with Anne Fernald

Editor of the Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition

Crime and Punishment with Michael R. Katz

Translator of the Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with Simon Armitage

Translator of the Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition

The Great Gatsby with Andrew Newman

Contributor to the Norton Critical Edition

Medea with Sheila Murnaghan

Translator of the Norton Library volume and Norton Critical Edition

Utilitarianism with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer

Contributors to the Norton Critical Edition

Frankenstein with Michael Bérubé

Contributor to the Norton Library volume

Dracula with John Browning and David Skal

Contributors to the Norton Critical Edition

The Canterbury Tales with Sheila Fisher

Contributor to the Norton Library volume

“An Introduction to the Resources for The Norton Anthology of American Literature"

Pertaining to The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Tenth Edition

"Engaging Students in American Literature" Hosted by editors Robert Levine and GerShun Avilez

"Helping English Majors Pivot from College to Career." Hosted by Cathy Day, Ball State University

This workshop emphasizes how faculty members have an important role to play in professionalizing English majors, and shares best practices for maintaining strong English enrollments and aiding in graduates' success.

"Teaching Challenging Poems: Race, Appropriation and the Elegy." Hosted by Paisely Rekdal, University of Utah

This workshop explores the complex and sometimes incendiary ways that three contemporary poets have depicted race, racism, and their own identity formation.

"Transforming the Canon: The Challenge of World Literature." Hosted by Martin Puchner, Harvard University

In this online event, Martin Puchner discusses reimagining the English Department as a center of world literature—with practical steps that departments and faculty members can take to effect this transformation.

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