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Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond
ByCambria Press March 30, 2016March 30, 2016

Cambria Press is pleased to announce a new publication Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond by Chia-rong Wu (Rhodes College). This book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series headed by Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania). This book will be launched at the upcoming 2016 Association of Asian Studies (AAS) conference…

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Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Highlight – Alienglish: Eastern Diasporas in Anglo-American Tongues
ByCambria Press May 30, 2014May 30, 2014

Published this year, Alienglish: Eastern Diasporas in Anglo-American Tongues by Sheng-mei Ma is the perfect book for the celebration of Asian-Pacific Heritage Month. From the book’s introduction: “Haltingly, aliens come to speak in the Anglo-American tongue that you and I (me and you?) would understand, but what emerges is somehow skewed by…

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Cambria Press Book Review! Sinophone Malaysian Literature is “exceptionally well-researched”!
ByCambria Press May 1, 2014May 2, 2014

Cambria Press congratulates Alison Groppe on the excellent review and recommendation of her book, Sinophone Malaysian Literature: Not Made in China, which CHOICE has praised because of how it is “exceptionally well-researched,” as well as how “Groppe advances into a fresh exploration of the benefits and challenges of being a Sinophone author”…

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Cambria Press MLA Australian Literature Highlights!
ByCambria Press January 8, 2014

The Cambria Studies in Australian Literature by Susan Lever (University of Sydney) features outstanding books which have earned excellent reviews: Shirley Hazzard: Literary Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Humanist by Brigitta Olubas Brian Castro’s Fiction: The Seductive Play of Language by Bernadette Brennan David Foster: The Satirist of Australia by Susan Lever Water from the…

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Must-See Videos of Speeches at MLA Reception for Gao Xingjian, Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature – Cambria Press Book Launch
ByCambria Press January 29, 2013December 4, 2013

The 2013 MLA annual convention in Boston was extremely well attended–Rosemary Feal and the wonderful MLA staff should be congratulated not only for reaping such outstanding numbers this year but also for having Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, in attendance! It was the best conference experience for Cambria Press yet! There…

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