Celebrating Quincy Troupe's Duende: Poems, 1966-Now, with poets Michael Warr & devorah major.
Sun, Feb 27
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Poet of the “deep song,” Quincy Troupe has a new collection of poems. DUENDE: Poems, 1966 – Now, published by Seven Stories Press, representing more than 50 years of lyrical, evocative writing.
Time & Location
Feb 27, 2022, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PST
Zoom
About the Event
Troupe will be joined in poetry and conversation by devorah major and Michael Warr. Hosted by Conney Williams.
Quincy Troupe writes poetry in great waves. The words are just notes. It's the music you make with them that matters. He's not a wordsmith, he's a shaman conjuring long repetitive lines, cadences of looking across the sea towards Africa and haunted by the legacy of slavery and racism, or of remembering fellow conjurers, poets and musical artists, celebrating, always celebrating, but never only that.
Quincy Troupe is an award-winning poet who wrote the definitive biography of Miles Davis, Miles: The Autobiography, the Chris Gardner biography The Pursuit of Happyness and a memoir, miles & me, soon to be a major motion picture. Author of 20 books, he conducted the last interview with James Baldwin, which was published as James Baldwin: The Last Interview & Other Conversations. Troupe’s work has been translated…