Quote of the day
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Quincy Troupe
Born: July 22, 1939 (age 84)
Bio: 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.
Known for:
- Miles and Me (2000)
- Miles, the autobiography (1989)
- The Architecture of Language (2006)
- Transcircularities (2002)
- Errançities: Poems (2012)