"Poetry should speak about contemporary matters and to one's contemporaries," Salter says. "On the other hand—and poetry's full of paradoxes—it should also deal with something that is more universal ...

I first encountered Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday at the age of 81, in the pages of the 1973 edition of the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. It was the ...

To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

In 2014, a photo of Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha standing amid Gaza’s rubble captured global attention. Holding The Norton ...

He instructed each student to memorize three poems of their choosing from the Norton Anthology — not for ... to be alone ...

To prepare for your first year with us, you can make a start by dipping in to the Norton Anthology of English Literature (Volumes A ... The key text for ‘Approaches to Poetry’ is John Lennard, The ...