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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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November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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.
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4oEh3Hc
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4oEh3Hc
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
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 …
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October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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.
Are you looking to create a literature course without using machine-learning applications? Read on to learn how Richard Haslam uses Norton Critical Editions and their contextual materials to support this goal and improve students' critical thinking skills: seagull.wwnorton.com/Haslam_Digit...
“Digital Detox”: Using Norton Critical Editions To Promote Critical Thinking
The Norton Learning Blog has recently featured several posts that offer suggestions for generating greater classroom success by integrating ChatGPT and similar machine-learning-applications. (I fin…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"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
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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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September 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Our monthly Careers in College Publishing events are back! Join us for our first one of the season TOMORROW!
Register here: bit.ly/481hOo1
Register here: bit.ly/481hOo1
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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!
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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”
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....
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....
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 …
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June 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“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....
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....
"...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
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
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…
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May 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"...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
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
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.
We encourage you to keep up with publishing news, and we'll look forward to meeting again in August.
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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.
We encourage you to keep up with publishing news, and we'll look forward to meeting again in August.
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-...
#literarynonfiction #reading #highered
#literarynonfiction #reading #highered
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 …
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May 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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-...
#literarynonfiction #reading #highered
#literarynonfiction #reading #highered
📣 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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April 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 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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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.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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...
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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April 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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!
Register here: bit.ly/43TO1vv
Register here: bit.ly/43TO1vv
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...
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 …
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April 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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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April 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📣 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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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...
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…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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...
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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February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Before #valentinesday this year, catch up on this 💘lovely💘 NCE content and send them to your valentine, galentine or favorite professor!
We Macbeg your forgiveness valentines for waiting so long for this year’s batch of #NCEValentines! Tune in each day this week for new #literaryvalentines to send to your favorite #englishmajor!
This Scottish valentine can’t be said in a theater, so you could say it’s a forbidden love…
This Scottish valentine can’t be said in a theater, so you could say it’s a forbidden love…
February 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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”
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
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
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…
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February 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“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
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