Quincy Troupe

Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr. (born July 22, 1939) is an American poet, editor, journalist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California. Throughout the 1970's Troupe lived in New York, teaching at the College of Staten Island. During that time he was a regular on the poetry circuit, performing alone or in groups around the country. In 1985 Spin Magazine hired Troupe to write an exclusive two-part interview with Miles Davis which led Simon and Shuster to him as coauthor for Davis's autobiography: "Miles: the Autobiography" was published in 1990 and won an American Book Award. He currently lives in New York.