Cambria Press congratulates Professor Pia Masiero on the laudatory review of her book, Philip Roth and the Zuckerman Books: The Making of a Storyworld, by Philip Roth Studies. The book review commends the book because it is a “well-researched and sophisticated study with an extensive bibliography.” It further adds that…
Cambria Press is proud to be the first academic publisher of the first book-length study on Shirley Hazzard, the acclaimed international writer. Dr. Brigitta Olubas, author of Shirley Hazzard: Literary Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Humanist, will be at the first writers panel on Shirley Hazzard hosted by the New York Society Library….
Cambria Press is pleased to present the following Q&A session with Dr. Brigitta Olubas on her recently published book, Shirley Hazzard: Literary Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Humanist. Shirley Hazzard’s work has been extensively and extravagantly praised by writers and reviewers, such as Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Richard Ford, who raves that “if…
Cambria Press congratulates Professor Jessica Hope Jordan on the laudatory review of her book, The Sex Goddess in American Film, 1930–1965: Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, and Jayne Mansfield, by the Journal of Popular Culture. The book review commends the book because it “makes unique contributions to popular film…
Cambria Press congratulates Professors Chantal Zabus and Silvia Nagy-Zekmi on the recent excellent review by Transnational Literature on Perennial Empires: Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives. The journal praises “this welcome collection of essays” because it “is a salutary reminder that imperialism, far from having ended some time in the last century, is…
Cambria Press congratulates Liu Zaifu and Shu Yunzhong on the recent outstanding review by China Review International on Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber. The book by the famous literary and culture critic, Liu Zaifu, was published originally in Chinese, and this much-anticipated English version was translated by Professor Shu Yunzhong….
Cambria Press congratulates Professor Janis Haswell on the recent rave review by Transnational Literature of her two-volume book, Behind Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet: A Life in Letters. The first volume delves into the early years 1940–1965, and the second volume examines the years 1966–1978. The book review journal is a…
Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Are We What We Eat? Food and Identity in Late Twentieth-Century American Literature by William Dalessio is now available. Below is a transcript of the Q&A session with Professor Dalessio. ************************ 1. Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to…
Cambria Press would like to highlight a few books, which have garnered excellent book reviews, for scholars in Latin American studies. These books would be valuable additions to academic libraries not only for their Latin American studies collections but also for their history and literature collections as well. In addition…
Cambria Press congratulates Professor Renée S. Scott on the outstanding review by Feminist Collections of her book, What Is Eating Latin American Women Writers: Food, Weight, and Eating Disorders. The journal commends the study because “Scott’s work navigates a great geographical swath, and so it has much to offer beginners and…
