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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press • Publisher of scholarly books • Established 1967 [bridged from https://hcommons.social/@FDUP on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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FDU Press Announces New Co-Publishing Partner, Latest Books

From FDU What's New: "FDU Press Announces New Co-Publishing Partner, Latest Books" #universitypress #UniversityPresses #publishing #Academic #books https://www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-press-announces-new-co-publishing-partner-latest-books/

14.10.2025 05:17 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Professor Publishes New Translation of Ireland’s National Epic FDU Professor translates Táin Bó Cúailnge for the first time since Ciarán Carson in 2007.

My chair, Matthieu Boyd, keeping himself out of trouble… He’s published a new translation of the early Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, “The Cattle-Raid of Cooley.” #IrishLit #translation https://www.fdu.edu/news/professor-publishes-new-translation-of-irelands-national-epic/

07.10.2025 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
The image depicts a cozy reading nook with a large bookshelf filled with books, set against a backdrop of a window with blue frames. The bookshelf is dark-coloured, and the books are arranged neatly, with some decorative items interspersed. In front of the bookshelf, there is a comfortable seating area with a dark green couch adorned with several cushions, including a floral-patterned one. A small wooden table with a lamp is positioned next to the couch, providing a warm light. The floor is wooden, and the space is decorated with various potted plants, including one with orange fruits, adding a touch of nature. The overall atmosphere is inviting and tranquil. Overlaid on the image is a text that reads, "Drink your coffee. Read your books. It's chaos out there." The text is in white with a green background, and the source is credited to "Cottage Whimsy" at the bottom.  Provided by @altbot@fuzzies.wtf, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

The image depicts a cozy reading nook with a large bookshelf filled with books, set against a backdrop of a window with blue frames. The bookshelf is dark-coloured, and the books are arranged neatly, with some decorative items interspersed. In front of the bookshelf, there is a comfortable seating area with a dark green couch adorned with several cushions, including a floral-patterned one. A small wooden table with a lamp is positioned next to the couch, providing a warm light. The floor is wooden, and the space is decorated with various potted plants, including one with orange fruits, adding a touch of nature. The overall atmosphere is inviting and tranquil. Overlaid on the image is a text that reads, "Drink your coffee. Read your books. It's chaos out there." The text is in white with a green background, and the source is credited to "Cottage Whimsy" at the bottom. Provided by @altbot@fuzzies.wtf, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B

I mean, sometimes, that really is all you can do, eh? ;) #books #reading @bookstodon

29.04.2025 14:53 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
New Release Shih-I Hsiung: A Glorious Showman. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press https://www.fdupress.org

New Release Shih-I Hsiung: A Glorious Showman. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press https://www.fdupress.org

Yuan Shu reviews Da Zehng's *Shih-I Hsiung: A Glorious Showman* in Journal of Chinese Overseas:

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683931072/

"Zheng’s work represents a pioneering and cutting-edge effort in Asian American studies, overseas-Chinese studies, and […]

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21.03.2025 19:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
New Release: Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell: Alexandria to Angkor Wat edited by Isabelle Keller-Privat and Anne Zahlan. www.fdupress.org

New Release: Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell: Alexandria to Angkor Wat edited by Isabelle Keller-Privat and Anne Zahlan. www.fdupress.org

Isabelle Keller-Privat & Anne Zahlan's *Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell* is now out!

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683934448/

*Heresy and Heterotopia* gathers new essays by international scholars who examine heretical concepts and […]

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18.02.2025 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The Judge on the Screen: A Translation and Critical Edition by Vincenzo Tomeo translated and edited by Peter Robson. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, www.fdupress.org

The Judge on the Screen: A Translation and Critical Edition by Vincenzo Tomeo translated and edited by Peter Robson. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, www.fdupress.org

Vincenzo Tomeo's *The Judge on the Screen: A Translation and Critical Edition* is now out, edited and translated by Peter Robson with Vincenzo Ferrari and Ferdinando Spina

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683934172/

Tomeo’s pioneering research in the 1960s and […]

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28.12.2024 21:24 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Cover for Sabrina Vellucci's Italian American Poetics of Place: An Environmental Perspective, www.fdupress.org

Cover for Sabrina Vellucci's Italian American Poetics of Place: An Environmental Perspective, www.fdupress.org

Sabrina Vellucci's book *Italian American Poetics of Place: An Environmental Perspective* is now out!

This volume examines the significance of place in contemporary Italian American literature from an ecocritical perspective. From mid-twentieth-century […]

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12.12.2024 17:14 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
New Release

"India's Imperial Formations" by Amrita Ghost, Rohit K. Dasgupta, and Bhakti Shringarpure

www.fdupress.org
fdupress@fdu.edu

New Release "India's Imperial Formations" by Amrita Ghost, Rohit K. Dasgupta, and Bhakti Shringarpure www.fdupress.org fdupress@fdu.edu

Amrita Ghosh, Rohit K. Dasgupta, and Bhakti Shringarpure's book *India's Imperial Formations: Cultural Perspectives* is now out!

They explore how empire building occurs and consolidates through the Indian and diasporic cultural landscape where a collusion […]

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25.11.2024 22:07 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

You can use the code "24JOYSALE" for 35% off all in stock in-stock print titles and eBooks

25.11.2024 22:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can watch the author Dennis Wilson Wise interviewed in this excellent PBS documentary about the revolutionary #fantasy and #sciencefiction editor Judy-Lynn del Rey: https://youtu.be/bO9oSyR-5UM

16.11.2024 00:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
New Release! Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology by Dennis Wilson Wise. www.fdupress.org

New Release! Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology by Dennis Wilson Wise. www.fdupress.org

If a literary movement arises but no one notices, is it still a movement?

Over the last ten decades, #poets working in #fantasy, #sciencefiction, and #horror have collectively brought forth a revival in alliterative #poetics akin to what once happened in […]

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15.11.2024 23:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
New Release: E.D. Blodgett's Walking Into God

www.fdupress.org | fdupress@fdu.edu

New Release: E.D. Blodgett's Walking Into God www.fdupress.org | fdupress@fdu.edu

“What interests me in poetry is the interplay of language, the page, and silence. Heaven falls out of words because possibility is in the page, another kind of heaven; I wonder if that’s the only heaven we are given to know in life.” -- Edward Dickinson […]

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15.11.2024 06:04 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
FDU Press booth at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities

FDU Press booth at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities

Time for an #introduction! Fairleigh Dickinson University Press left social media dormant for a spell, and now it's time to think about how best to be public and promote our #authors This feels like the right time and place.

With editorial offices in […]

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15.11.2024 05:33 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0