Poetry. African American Studies. "Troupe has that rare gift, the ability to transfer his sound to the page.... The typical Troupe poem comes at the reader like a locomotive on fire, full of blazing and powerful imagery."—Ishmael Reed
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA
The author of eight volumes of poetry, Quincy Troupe has also collaborated with Chris Gardner on The Pursuit of Happyness, which was made into a major motion picture, and with Miles Davis on Miles: The Autobiography. His friendship with Miles Davis is chronicled in Miles and Me. Troupe has also recently published children's books on Magic Johnson and Stevie Wonder. He divides his time between New York and a countryside village in Guadeloupe.
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