Tia Chucha Book Release Party for Melvin Dixon’s Love’s Instruments
Guild Complex
Melvin Dixon (1950-1992) was a prolific poet, translator, critic, and novelist. Many of the poems have appeared in such places as Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS and the Kenyon Review.
Melvin Dixon (1950-1992) was a prolific poet, translator, critic, and novelist.
Many of the poems have appeared in such places as Poets for Life: 76 Poets Respond to AIDS and the Kenyon Review. Tonight’s event will feature Melvin Dixon’s work spoken in many Chicago voices: Elizabeth Alexander, Robert Klein Engler, Li Young Lee, Chet Long, Achy Obejas, Prof. Paul Rodgers, Luis Rodrigues, Donna Rose, Peter Taub and others.
Performers
Elizabeth Alexander, Robert Klein Engler, Li Young Lee, Chet Long, Achy Obejas, Prof. Paul Rodgers, Luis Rodrigues, Donna Rose, Peter Taub