Description
Book SynopsisOne of Coffee House Press's most popular poets An award-winning poet with a commanding presence, Troupe was recently honored with the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. Troupe keeps an extensive schedule and sells a great deal at his performances and readings. After writing Miles: The Autobigoraphy with Miles Davis, Quincy wrote a book on his relationship with Miles called Miles and Me. Miles and Me is being made into a movie, with Laurence Fishburne casted as Quincy Troupe. This American Life also did a feature on Quincy's relationship to Miles. Troupe also co-author The Pursuit of Happyness, which was made into a movie starring Will Smith. In addition to his poetry and nonfiction, Troupe has published children's books about Magic Johnson and Stevie Wonder.
Trade Review"Troupe is an innovator of form and tone who shifts quickly from a lofty, elegiac mode into burlesque or smoky, jazzed-down pop phraseology."Publishers Weekly "Troupe's poems are exuberant and passionate outpourings with driving, syncopated rhythms and improvisatory riffs of colorful language."Star Tribune
"Troupe is an innovator of form and tone who shifts quickly from a lofty, elegiac mode into burlesque or smoky, jazzed-down pop phraseology."—Publishers Weekly "Troupe's poems are exuberant and passionate outpourings with driving, syncopated rhythms and improvisatory riffs of colorful language."—Star Tribune
