The Architecture of Language

Troupe, Quincy

ISBN 10: 1566891906 / ISBN 13: 9781566891905

Published by Coffee House Press, 2006

About this Item

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2006. Softcover. First Edition, First printing. Personally inscribed and signed by the poet on the title page ("To S____." with lengthy comment about poetic architecture.) No other marks or writing to book. Binding is square and tight.

Seller Inventory # TROU_111521

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Architecture of Language
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566891906
• ISBN 13: 9781566891905
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

“Troupe’s poems resemble Romare Bearden’s collages: muscular and colorful.”—North American Review
 
In the Whitmanic tradition, Troupe’s poetry explodes from the page, capturing the spirit of America. Inspired by contemporary art, music, literature, and sports, The Architecture of Language dismantles the dangerously clichéd, wooden rhetoric saturating our national discourse and rebuilds the language in poems bursting with beauty, energy, and enough imaginative fire to light the way to the future. 
 

About the Author

Featured on two PBS poetry series, Troupe is the author of seven volumes of poetry including Transcircularities, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and Minnesotabased Talking Volumes bookclub selection. In addition to children's books on Magic Johnson and Stevie Wonder, Troupe chronicled his friendship with Miles Davis in Miles and Me, soon to be a feature film.