{"product_id":"9781566892766","title":"ErranCities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Troupe is an innovator of form and tone who shifts quickly from a lofty, elegiac mode into burlesque or smoky, jazzed-down pop phraseology.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Troupe's poems are exuberant and passionate outpourings with driving, syncopated rhythms and improvisatory riffs of colorful language.\"—\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e(Minneapolis)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoined 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of eight volumes of poetry, \u003cb\u003eQuincy Troupe \u003c\/b\u003ehas also collaborated with Chris Gardner on \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Happyness\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a major motion picture, and with Miles Davis on \u003ci\u003eMiles: The Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e. His friendship with Miles Davis is chronicled in \u003ci\u003eMiles and Me\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048255013104,"sku":"9781566892766","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566892766_p0.jpg?v=1763788399","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566892766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}