There s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and the meaning of success

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.

There's Always This Year is a triumph from one of America's most celebrated and insightful writers. It brims with joy, pain, solidarity, comfort, outrage, and hope. No matter the subject, Abdurraqib's exquisite writing is always poetry, always profound, and always a clarion call to radically reimagine how we think about our culture, and ourselves.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781802065824
Published: March 2025

Number of pages: 352
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 20 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd