Quote of the day
Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
Rudolph Fisher

Born: May 9, 1897
Died: December 26, 1934 (aged 37)
Bio: Rudolph Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. His parents were John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, and Glendora Williamson. Fisher had three children.
Known for:
- The conjure-man dies (1932)
- The city of refuge
- The Walls of Jericho (1928)
- The short fiction of Rudolph Fisher







