The Norton Library Podcast

Who Doesn't Understand Thunder? (The Odyssey, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Homer's Odyssey, translator Emily Wilson returns to discuss the cinematic spectacle of Christopher Nolan's film, the different responsibilities of translation ...

2026-08-04

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A Complicated Man (The Odyssey, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Homer's Odyssey, we welcome translator Emily Wilson to discuss Odysseus as a complicated character, the roles of women and divine beings in the poem, and the centur...

2026-08-03

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Written in Gold (The Golden Ass, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Apuleius's The Golden Ass, translator Ellen Finkelpearl returns to discuss the striking cover of the Norton Library edition, her favorite line from the text and the...

2026-07-13

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Doesn't Everybody Want to Be a Bird? (The Golden Ass, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Apuleius's The Golden Ass, we welcome translator Ellen Finkelpearl to discuss the author's surviving and lost works, the process of translating such an ancient...

2026-06-29

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Who's Sorry Now? (Crime and Punishment, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, translator Michael Katz returns to discuss the symbolic colors of the cover of the Norton Library edition, his first encou...

2026-06-15

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The Quintessential Russian Novel (Crime and Punishment, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, we welcome translator Michael Katz to discuss the effects of Dostoevsky's personal and family life on his writing, th...

2026-06-01

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Why We Read Controversial Texts (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, editor Susan M. Ryan returns to discuss the artistic inspiration behind the Norton Library edition, her favorite sce...

2026-05-18

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Tears with a Purpose (Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, we welcome editor Susan M. Ryan to discuss the author's background and politics, the book's reception as b...

2026-05-04

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Life is Made of Ever So Many Partings Welded Together (Great Expectations, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, editor Daniel Wright returns to discuss the appropriately rich color scheme of the Norton Library edition, his favorite awkwar...

2026-04-20

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Trying to Be Funny Again (Great Expectations, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, we welcome editor Daniel Wright to discuss the author's busy and eventful life, the historical context and social issues ...

2026-04-06

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Pulling Back the Curtain (A Room of One's Own, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, editor Dora Zhang returns to discuss the original cover and the design of the Norton Library edition, her first encounter...

2026-03-23

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Shakespeare's Sister and a Spider's Web of Fiction (A Room of One's Own, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, we welcome editor Dora Zhang to discuss the author's early life in a literary and artistic household, the enduring n...

2026-03-09

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Subtle, Remorseful—Self-Loathing?—Hypocrites (The Scarlet Letter, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, editor Justine Murison returns to discuss the cover design of the Norton Library edition, her first encounter with The Sca...

2026-02-23

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The Perfect Time to Read The Scarlet Letter (The Scarlet Letter, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, we welcome editor Justine Murison to discuss Hawthorne's life and views, the iconic symbolism in the text and how to ...

2026-02-09

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How is the World Reading You? (The Tale of Genji, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, editor Dennis Washburn returns to discuss the importance of the colors of the Norton Library edition, the ways the text spoke ...

2026-01-26

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Beauty, Loneliness, and Scandal (The Tale of Genji, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, we welcome editor Dennis Washburn to discuss the life and times of Murasaki Shikibu, the process of abridging The Tale of Genj...

2026-01-12

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Happy Birthday, Jane! (Jane Austen at 250)

For our special celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday, we welcome editors Jenny Davidson (Pride and Prejudice, 2023), Stephanie Insley Hershinow (Sense and Sensibility, 2024; Emma, 2022), a...

2025-12-15

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Listen to This—Then Play Happy Music! (Utilitarianism, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, co-editor Peter Singer returns to discuss the cover design of the Norton Library edition, the formation of an argument about a ph...

2025-12-01

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Better Socrates Dissatisfied than a Fool Satisfied? (Utilitarianism, Part 1)

In Part 1 of our discussion on John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, we welcome co-editor Peter Singer to discuss the author's life and other writings, to provide context on the philosophical t...

2025-11-17

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The Importance of Fun (The Decameron, Part 2)

In Part 2 of our discussion on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron, editor Wayne A. Rebhorn returns to discuss his first encounter with Boccaccio, the nature of translating the text's layered...

2025-11-03

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