Hanif Abdurraqib

The St. Louis County Library Foundation and Left Bank Books Present National Book Award Finalist Hanif Abdurraqib

 
Author of “There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension”
 

Longlisted for the National Book Award and a #1 bestseller, “There’s Always This Year” is a triumphant reflection on basketball, family and home. 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.

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