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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.

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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

Monday, October 21st at 1 p.m. ET

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

Hosted by Emily Wilson, Scott McGill, and Susannah Wright

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Celebrate national poetry month with us! Join Emily Wilson, Scott McGill, and Susannah Wright for a lively conversation on their new translations of The Iliad and The Aeneid, published in the new edition of The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Wilson, McGill, and Wright will share their approaches to translating and teaching these texts for today’s readers, and will read samples from their work, followed by audience Q&A.

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Innovative Approaches to Teaching with Norton Anthologies

With Aarthi Vadde, Jonathan Najarian, and Colleen Clemens

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Are you interested in new ways to teach with Norton Anthologies? Join this online event to hear from three professors on exciting approaches that have engaged their classrooms. Topics include: presenting works on environmental literature and climate change, encouraging students to go beyond what’s assigned, and using Norton’s thematic tables of contents to build syllabi and put texts in dialogue.

Each presenter will speak for five to ten minutes and will provide practical advice on how you can implement the same or similar approaches with your own students. There will be ample time for questions and the chat will be open for discussion.

All registrants will receive a recording of the event, so please register if you’re interested, even if you cannot attend live.

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Lit Talk: Emily Wilson on the Power of Translation

With Emily Wilson

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Join Emily Wilson (lauded translator and co-editor of The Norton Anthology of World Literature) for a lively conversation on the power of translation. In this webinar, Wilson will discuss her approach to translation, how it differs from others, and will read an excerpt from her recently-published translation of The Iliad. 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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Archived Events

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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