Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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