LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "powerful" (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home--from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America "Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I've ever read but one of the most moving books I've ever read, period."--Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vulture, Chicago Public Library, BookPage A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, in the 1990s, Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron James were forged and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make it, who we think deserves success, the tension between excellence and expectation, and the very notion of role models, all of which he expertly weaves together with intimate, personal storytelling. "Here is where I would like to tell you about the form on my father's jump shot," Abdurraqib writes. "The truth, though, is that I saw my father shoot a basketball only one time."
There's Always This Year is a triumph, brimming with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope. No matter the subject of his keen focus--whether it's basketball, or music, or performance--Hanif Abdurraqib's exquisite writing is always poetry, always profound, and always a clarion call to radically reimagine how we think about our culture, our country, and ourselves.
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTIONSobre o autor(a)
Abdurraqib, Hanif
Hanif Abdurraqib é poeta, ensaísta e crítico cultural. Sua poesia foi publicada em revistas como PEN America, Muzzle e Vinyl, entre outras. Seus ensaios e críticas foram publicados em The New Yorker, Pitchfork, The New York Times e Fader. Sua primeira coletânea de poesia, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, foi finalista do Eric Hoffer Book Award e indicada para o Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Seu primeiro livro de ensaios, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, foi considerado um dos livros do ano por veículos como NPR, Buzzfeed, Esquire, O: The Oprah Magazine, Pitchfork e Chicago Tribune, entre outros. Seu livro Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest entrou para a lista dos mais vendidos do The New York Times, foi finalista dos prêmios National Book Critics Circle e Kirkus Prize e indicado para o National Book Award. Sua segunda coletânea de poemas, A Fortune for Your Disaster, recebeu o Lenore Marshal Poetry Prize. Em 2021 foi premiado pelo programa McArthur Fellowship. Em 2024 lançou There’s Always This Year, uma meditação sobre a beleza, o luto e a mortalidade.pelas lentes do basquete. |
| ISBN | 9780593448793 |
| Autor(a) | Abdurraqib, Hanif |
| Editora | Random House |
| Ano de edição | 2024 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 21,50 X 14,20 |