Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Melvin Dixon
Born: May 29, 1950
Died: October 26, 1992 (aged 42)
Bio: Melvin Dixon was an American Professor of Literature, and an author, poet and translator. He wrote about black gay men.
Known for:
- Vanishing Rooms (1991)
- Love's instruments
- Ride out the wilderness (1987)
- Trouble the water (1989)
- A Melvin Dixon critical reader