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Quincy Troupe

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Poet, teacher, journalist Quincy Troupe is an alumnus of the Watts Writers Workshop and, along with his friends Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni and others, associated with the Black Arts Movement. He was named California's first poet laureate in 2002. Troupe's Miles: The Autobiography is considered a contemporary classic of musical artist biography. Among his many other books are his collaboration on the autobiography of Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness, which became a popular film starring Will Smith. He also wrote James Baldwin: The Legacy and Earl the Pearl: My Story by Earl Monroe and Quincy Troupe. Troupe has published many volumes of his poetry over the years and has also published several children's books.

Quincy Troupe Books

Duende book cover

Duende

Quincy Troupe
Nocturnals book cover

Nocturnals

Bradford Morrow
Miles & Me book cover

Miles & Me

Quincy Troupe
James Baldwin: The Last Interview book cover

James Baldwin: The Last Interview

James Baldwin
Earl the Pearl book cover

Earl the Pearl

Earl Monroe
The Pursuit of Happyness book cover

The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner
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