Transcircularities: New & Selected Poems

by Quincy Troupe

Much like the vibrant, riveting reading performances for which he is so well-known, Quincy Troupe’s award-winning poetry is pure rhythm and deep bass beats that barely stay on the page. This magnificent new volume captures Troupe’s voice stronger than ever as he issues celebratory and pointed statements on jazz, sports, love, art, literature, American life, and the sublimity of it all. Winner of a Peabody and two American Book Awards, Quincy Troupe has published several books of poetry and two bestselling books about Miles Davis. He is a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego.

Genres: Poetry

300 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr. is an American poet, editor, journalist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California. He is best known as the biographer of Miles Davis, the jazz musician.

Reviews

[Steven Godin · Rating 3 out of 5]

style is bebop, cool jazz slick strolling
words phrased through space in a blue span
of time, is hip-hop, rap, & attitude cruising
a deep way of thinking rooted in a stance, is a man,
or a woman, dressed to fashion plate perfection,
their clothes hung just so,
"clean" as a Miles Davis muted solo,
they strut their sweet stuff blooming cologne
& perfume behind them, are wrapped inside a bearing,
good taste trailing like fresh waterfalls, their voices
cascades of honeyed syllables sing like morning
birds, or breezes licking sliver tongues,
kissed through shivering wind chimes

[Mary]

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