There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Title: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension Author: Hanif Abdurraqib ISBN: 9780593448793 Publisher: Random House Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Sports Writing 1580509 Publisher Description: A poignant, personal 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 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