One of two collections of poetry by poet, novelist, and educator Melvin Dixon, whose worked chronicled the lives of black gay men. He died of...
One of two collections of poetry by poet, novelist, and educator Melvin Dixon, whose worked chronicled the lives of black gay men. He died of HIV-related illnesses in 1992.
Author: Melvin Dixon
Publisher: Tia Chucha Press
Published: 10/15/1995
Pages: 79
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.02w x 0.26d
ISBN: 9781882688074
About the AuthorScholar, novelist, and poet
MELVIN DIXON penned, in addition to
Love's Instruments, the poetry collection
Change of Territory and the novels
Trouble the Water (1989), which won a Nilon Award for Excellence in Minority Fiction, and
Vanishing Rooms (1991). Influenced by James Baldwin, Dixon wrote extensively about the complexities of being a gay black man. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he taught at Wesleyan University, the City University of New York, Fordham University, Columbia University, and Williams College. He died from complications related to AIDS at age 42 in 1992.
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, the inaugural Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University, and a founding member of Cave Canem. Her poetry collections include
The Venus Hottentot,
Body of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and
Crave Radiance.
