Books published by WW Norton & Co

A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations.

"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." - Stephen Fry

"Philip Schultz's poems have long since earned their own place in American poetry. His stylistic trademarks are his great emotional directness and his intelligent haranguing-of god, the reader, and himself. He is one of the least affected of American poets, and one of the fiercest." -Tony Hoagland

Galaxy Love showcases the voice of a beloved and acclaimed poet, celebrating the passions and rhythms of life.

The untold story of the mother and daughter who opened the door to Emily Dickinson's poetry.

The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize.

Andre Dubus III's first novel in a decade is a masterpiece of thrilling tension and heartrending empathy.

A fascinating investigation of America's only alleged case of blood libel and what it reveals about anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe.

An award-winning cookbook author and cookery teacher answers the question she's asked the most: What do you make for dinner?

With a sweep of more than 200 years, this lavishly illustrated history convinces us that there actually is an American cuisine.

With the much-anticipated follow-up to his "Olympian landmark of modern gothic literature" (Harlan Ellison), Leslie Klinger completes his tour-de-force annotation of H.P. Lovecraft's canon of weird fiction.

Karen Beil chronicles the life of a ground-breaking scientist.

The essential dining companion for your French vacation rental (and back home).

"Like a favorite recipe, a posy is meant to be savored and shared. Try it yourself, and... welcome a bit of floral enchantment into your life." -Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist

Easy Asian Paleo will inspire you.

The untold story of Hamilton's-and Burr's-physician whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.

This "watershed collection" (The Wall Street Journal) now appears in a selected paperback edition with twenty-six of Machado's finest stories.

Buried for decades, the Up Stairs Lounge tragedy has only recently emerged as a catalyzing event of the gay liberation movement. In revelatory detail, Robert W. Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of thirty-one men and one woman on June 24, 1973, at a New Orleans bar, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. Relying on unprecedented access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates an indelible portrait of a closeted, blue- collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community. The aftermath was no less traumatic-families ashamed to claim loved ones, the Catholic Church refusing proper burial rights, the city impervious to the survivors' needs-revealing a world of toxic prejudice that thrived well past Stonewall. Yet the impassioned activism that followed proved essential to the emergence of a fledgling gay movement. Tinderbox restores honor to a forgotten generation of civil-rights martyrs.

From the former The New York Times Op-Ed page editor, a definitive and entertaining resource for writers of every stripe on the art of persuasion.

The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it and the fight to bring lithium to the masses.

Through science and philosophy, Conscience illuminates the answer to the question of how we determine right from wrong.

A comprehensive guide to the medical, emotional, and social issues of trans kids.

Nearly a third of students are directly involved in bullying by the time they graduate from high school.

Incarcerated bodies, liberated minds: a narrative of literacy education behind bars.

SEL is not separate from academics or instruction; it is integral to quality teaching and learning.

An essential guide to using social and emotional assessment in support of teaching and learning.

Mindfulness includes qualities of mind and heart; it provides a strong foundation for other social and emotional skills.