Quote of the day
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;
Quincy Troupe

Born: July 22, 1939 (age 86)
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)