Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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