The Architecture of Language
October 2006
Trade Paperback · 110 Pages
$15.00 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9781566891905
Coffee House Press
Trade Paperback · 110 Pages
$15.00 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9781566891905
Coffee House Press
Recommended for These Courses
- African American Studies: General
- African American Studies: Poetry
- Poetry: African American Poetry
- Poetry: American Poetry
- Poetry: General
- Sociology: African American Studies
- Sociology: General
- Sociology: Race and Ethnic Minorities
Description
“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.
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.