Erranaities

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 (Minneapolis)
Coined with the French word errance to wander in mind, these poems rove through ancient Yoruba to the streets of Harlem to the tropical heat of Guadeloupe and emerge with a new vocabulary for the transformations of the physical, philosophical, and musical worlds. Known for his long lyrical narrative poems and invocation of the oral tradition, Quincy Troupe captures the histories and deaths of Michael Jackson and Miles Davis, celebrating both their accomplishments and contradictions. This collection embraces the improvisation of a soul as it offers a paen to the possibilities of poetry.
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 children's books on Magic Johnson and Stevie Wonder. He divides his time between New York and a countryside village in Guadeloupe.


Author: Quincy Troupe
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 01/24/2012
Pages: 157
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781566892834
About the Author
Quincy Troupe is the author of seven volumes of poetry including Transcircularities, Choruses, Avalanche, and The Architecture of Language. In addition to chronicling his friendship with Miles Davis in Miles and Me, Troupe has recently published children's books on Magic Johnson and Stevie Wonder. He divides his time between New York and a countryside village in Guadeloupe.