Dr. Norman Nathan, Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), published more than 550 poems, 39 short stories, and 62 scholarly articles during his career. These publications appeared in literary magazines, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other major outlets. His poems and works of fiction covered a wide range of topics, including, to name a few, the seeming contradictions between the principles of physics and human experience, aging, politics and economics, overpopulation, and biblical and English literary themes. In addition, Dr. Nathan published 6 books: a volume of poetry, several college-level English textbooks, and a literary analysis of the writings of William Blake. The FAU library maintains an archive (1930s-2012) of many of his papers in its "Norman Nathan Faculty Papers Collection." In addition to long careers at Utica College of Syracuse University and FAU, Dr. Nathan enjoyed visiting professorships at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, College of the Virgin Islands, and Nevada Southern University (now University of Nevada, Las Vegas). He also taught at Florida State University's London program. In Utica and South Florida, he developed local television series in which he discussed the writings of Shakespeare.
