About Quincy Troupe
Quincy Troupe is the author of 20 books, including 10 volumes of poetry and three children’s books. His awards include the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, the 2003 Milt Kessler Poetry Award, The 2005 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award presented by Poets & Writers, three American Book Awards, the 2014 Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award and a 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from Furious Flowers. His writings have been translated into over 30 languages and, in 2002 he was named the first official Poet Laureate of the State of California. Troupe’s latest book of poems is Errançities (2012). At the present time he is completing 2 new books of poems, Seduction and a book length poem titled, Ghost Voices for publication in 2018. He is also completing a novel, The Legacy of Charlie Footman; a memoir, Between Changes: The Accordion Years; and an untitled book of his non-fiction prose – essays, columns and articles. Mr. Troupe is co-author with Miles Davis of Miles: the Autobiography; Earl the Pearl with Earl Monroe; The Pursuit of Happyness, with Chris Gardner; the editor of James Baldwin: The legacy and co-editor (with Rainer Schulte) of Giant Talk; An Anthology of Third World Literature. Troupe is also the author of Miles and me, a memoir of his friendship with Miles Davis, scheduled to be republished in Fall, 2018 by Seven Stories Press, coinciding with the release of a major motion picture, also titled Miles and me, for which he wrote the screenplay. Troupe is Professor Emeritus from the University of California, San Diego, edits Black Renaissance Noire at New York University and lives in Harlem, New York with his wife, Margaret.