title: Up  From Incarceration: Volume 1: Dispelling Myths of the Thug Life
author:  Dr Anthony Dixon 
description: Anthony E. Dixon, PH.D is a native of Fort Valley, Georgia. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in History with a minor in African American Studies from Florida A&amp;M University. In 2001, he received a Master's of Applied Social Science from Florida A&amp;M University with a concentration in History. In 2007, he received his PH.D from Indiana University's History department where he majored in the African Diaspora. His studies included African American History, with a concentration in Library Science/Special Collections and Archives. Currently, he is the Founder and President of Archival and Historical Research Associates, LLC., Field Director for the African American Heritage Preservation Network, and Adjunct Professor of History at Florida A&amp;M University.
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  I like living with a cop. They have the best stories, it’s really, _really_
  hard to knock them out of their equilibrium, they’re in and out at all hours,
  which makes them perfect roomies for the undead, and it’s nice hearing stories
  that don’t start with _I stirred from my corpse-nap ravenous for the taste of
  human blood, and also needed to do some Christmas shopping, so I went trolling
  for rapists in the Mall of America parking lots._ On the rare occasions I pull
  my head out of my ass and take a frank look at my living conditions, living
  with a cop never hits the disad side.
  
  
  Police work is greedy, though; it’s always hungry. Some asshole is always
  making trouble somewhere and some cop(s) will get stuck trying to fix it, and
  whether they do or don’t, another asshole is always coming along. I was
  touched and horrified to realize that Nick/Dick saw life in our mansion o’
  monsters as a respite, a place where he could rel