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Did you know that, with the Norton Literature ebooks, you can select just the readings you want to include? Join Norton team members this week for a quick demo of LMS integration & bring your questions!

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Acclaimed author of The Color of Money and How the Other Half Banks, Mehrsa Baradaran's new book illustrates the history behind America's systemic economic issues and the forces driving apart the economic fortunes of white and Black families across the country. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Monthly Chats: Careers in College Publishing

📣 Are you looking to pursue a career in publishing? Join members of Norton Literature over Zoom TODAY (2/6) at 3PM EDT for a "Careers in College Publishing" talk.

Come with cameras on & with questions to ask!

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Resources for Teachers — Emily Wilson

On Feb 27th, 7pm ET, I'll do a public webinar Q and A, designed primarily for high school students and their teachers who may be using my translations of the Odyssey or Iliad in class. You can register here: www.emilyrcwilson.com/resources-fo...

Join Professor Mehrsa Baradaran for a conversation about her new Norton Shorts title "The Racial Wealth Gap," offering a concise history of America's systemic economic issues and the differences between the economic fortunes of white and Black families. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Publishing Internships for Spring 2026: Apply Today!

Apply today for W. W. Norton’s Spring 2026 internships and receive:

📚 experience with the day-to-day business of bookmaking
🤝 opportunities to network with employees and other interns
🔎 insight into wide-ranging career pathways

➡️ APPLY TODAY: lnkd.in/dkfaR6ig
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Join Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith this Thursday for a conversation about their new Norton Shorts title "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times'" which demystifies the art of poetry while grounding readers in technical elements of the craft.

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Rolling Forward: How THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE Continues to Shape the Classroom Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Ph.D. Cambridge), is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Looking …

In Norton's new blog post, prize-winning author and documentarian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the history of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature and how it has "broadened and enriched students’ knowledge of African American history and literature." Read more here: bit.ly/4oId6Rq

"With only the NCE Macbeth and a blue book in front of them"... check out Prof Haslam (St. Joseph's University) does a Digital Detox in the classroom.

Join Norton Literature's Ryan Schwab and Eleanor Lilly TOMORROW for a demonstration of how InQuizitive, Norton's easy-to-use adaptive learning tool, supports busy students as they read The Norton Introduction to Literature, 15e by Kelly Mays. REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/3IMI8br

Our monthly Careers in College Publishing events are back! Join us for our first one of the season TOMORROW!

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cover of "The Aeneid by Virgil", gold and dark blue, showing Roman image of wounded warrior Aeneas with his weeping son, Astyanax/ Iulus.

This beautiful new metrical verse translation of the Aeneid, by Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, with introduction by me, will be available in August. You can pre-order now!

Teaching Writing in an Age of Misinformation: Q&A with Andrea Lunsford Andrea Lunsford is emerita professor of English at Stanford University. Her scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory, women and the history of rhetoric, collaboration, style, and …

“Teaching Writing in an Age of Misinformation: Q&A with Andrea Lunsford”
Dr. Andrea Lunsford credits internalized biases as the root of misinformation. Learn how she helps weed out misinformation and prepare students for finding trustworthy sources: seagull.wwnorton.com/lunsford-wri....

Using Courseware to Gain Meaningful Insight and Inform Teaching and Learning I have long observed in my teaching practice that the most memorable learning tends to occur after students are able to pinpoint gaps in their own knowledge or understanding of course material. Put…

"...meaningful learning often occurs when a gap in knowledge is filled, or a misconception is corrected."

Read on to hear how Margot Volem, an English instructor at the University of Idaho, learned to use Norton courseware to inform her teaching: bit.ly/4k4jHUf

Careers in College Publishing: Monthly Chats

Did you miss our #CareersinCollegePublishing chats this year? Not to worry! We will resume them in August and continue on the First Friday of every month for the academic year.

We encourage you to keep up with publishing news, and we'll look forward to meeting again in August.

Don’t Teach in a Vacuum: How Literary Nonfiction Prepares Us for Major Works Kate Hoffman has taught for 25 years across public and private schools and at many levels—middle school, high school, and college. For many years she taught AP® Literature and Composition, and she …

Most know we cannot read in a vacuum. Instructor Kate Hoffman explains how instructors should not teach in a vacuum and offers suggestions on how to encourage your students to use fiction as a lens to view the world. seagull.wwnorton.com/composition-...

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📣 Looking to pursue a career in publishing? Join us for our final Careers in College Publishing event (before September) on Zoom on 5/2 at 3PM ET to learn how your degree can help you achieve an exciting career in college publishing.

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Reginald Dwayne Betts Returns! April 24th at 4PM ET.

Celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth with Norton and join us for a lively conversation between @freedomreads.bsky.social CEO and poet Dwayne Reginald Betts and educator Melissa Smith.

Register here to attend live or receive the recording: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Africa Fine, Associate Professor at Palm Beach State College, uses InQuizitive with her students to create individualized, confidence-building learning for them outside of the classroom. Join us to hear about her experience!

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Am I Ever Going to Use This Stuff? Transfer and College Writing Adam R. Pope is the current interim director of Composition at the University of Arkansas, where he also directs the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing and Public Rhetorics.  Adam …

Have your students ever asked you, “am I ever going to use this stuff?” Adam Rope has heard it all.  Learn how he teaches his students to rethink the skills they learn in composition classes and apply them outside the classroom: seagull.wwnorton.com/am-ever-ever...

📣 Are you looking to pursue a career in publishing? Join members of Norton over Zoom on 4/4 at 3PM EST to learn how your degree can help you achieve an exciting career in college publishing.

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Making Film Personal: Selecting Engaging Movies for My Students Whenever I’m teaching a film course at the beginning of a new semester, I am transported back to my own experience as a freshman taking my first film class at the University of Michigan, an introdu…

Film and creative writing professor John Fried wants to teach his students how to talk about movies, understand the history that surrounds them, and simply be entertained. How does he do it? Read more to learn his method for choosing which films to teach: seagull.wwnorton.com/John-Fried_M...

Headshots of Skip Gates and Farah Jasmine Griffin with accompanying text: Workshop February 28, 3PM EST. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature with Skip Gates and Farah Jasmine Griffin.

Close out Black History Month by joining Henry (Skip) Louis Gates Jr. and Farah Jasmine Griffin as they discuss The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Fourth Edition.

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Before #valentinesday this year, catch up on this 💘lovely💘 NCE content and send them to your valentine, galentine or favorite professor!

Exploring Wild Girls: A Q&A with Tiya Miles The Norton Shorts team sat down with award-winning historian Tiya Miles to discuss her new book Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation. Tiya discusses the inspiration…

“Exploring Wild Girls: A Q&A with Tiya Miles”
Read on to learn more about how Wild Girls was inspired by award-winning historian Miles's archive of lecture notes, primary materials and her work with Eco Girls, an environmental education program for kids: seagull.wwnorton.com/WildGirls