Clark Atlanta University has formed a scholarly publishing arm to be known as Clark Atlanta University Press, which will launch in summer 1999. The CAU Press will be only the second historically black university press -- the other is Howard University -- currently publishing.
The initial title, scheduled for release in July, is Freedom's Odyssey, an anthology of 29 essays selected from Phylon, the interdisciplinary journal of race and culture founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and published continuously by the university from 1940 through 1988. The collection is compiled by historians Dr. Alexa Henderson and Dr. Janice Sumler-Edmond of the CAU faculty.
The press will publish four more books in 1999 and hopes to eventually publish about 12 books a year. Other anticipated projects include an anthology of critical articles on the black novelist Charles W. Chesnutt.
Dr. Charles Duncan, an associate editor of Phylon since 1968, has been named editorial director of the press, and R. Elton Hugee, director of Title II activity at CAU, is managing the business operations.
Inquiries and submissions can be sent to CAU Press, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 30314; (404) 880-8106.
