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Love's Instruments by Melvin Dixon (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTia Chucha Press

ISBN-101882688074

ISBN-139781882688074

eBay Product ID (ePID)296618

Product Key Features

Book TitleLove's Instruments

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / African American, General, Lgbt

Publication Year1995

GenrePoetry, Fiction

AuthorMelvin Dixon

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight4.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-068621

Reviews"Eloquent, cosmopolitan, acute, at home in Harlem or Dakar, Paris of Provincetown, or on a back porch 'down home,' Melvin Dixon wrote poems of a lyrical complexity, an intellectual forthrightness, imbued with a love of language(s) which mirrored his love of the physical world, of cities, of music, of bodies. He was as adept at the erotics of compassion. We are fortunate to have this last book--even as we mourn its author." --Marilyn Hacker, "The book's exhortation to active humanity and remembrance is as haunting and healing as death-will-not-part-us gospel." --Cyrus Cassells

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal811/.54

SynopsisOne 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. Heartbeats Work out. Ten laps. Chin ups. Look good. Steam room. Dress warm. Call home. Fresh air. Eat right. Rest well. Sweetheart. Safe sex. Sore throat. Long flu. Hard nodes. Beware. Test blood. Count cells. Reds thin. Whites low. Dress warm. Eat well. Short breath. Fatigue. Night sweats. Dry cough. Loose stools. Weight loss. Get mad. Fight back. Call home. Rest well. Don't cry. Take charge. No sex. Eat right. Call home. Talk slow. Chin up. No air. Arms wide. Nodes hard. Cough dry. Hold on. Mouth wide. Drink this. Breathe in. Breathe out. No air. Breathe in. Breathe in. No air. Black out. White rooms. Head hot. Feet cold. No work. Eat right. CAT scan. Chin up. Breathe in. Breathe out. No air. No air. Thin blood. Sore lungs. Mouth dry. Mind gone. Six months? Three weeks? Can't eat. No air. Today? Tonight? It waits. For me. Sweet heart. Don't stop. Breathe in. Breathe out.

LC Classification NumberPS3554.I89L68 1995