A review by chimedum
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

this book made me wish i loved basketball. i love its basketball game-inspired structure (and its “timeouts in praise of legendary Ohio aviators”; i’m always always fond of an entr’acte and they’re deployed to great effect here). the prose is so full of life and tension, and listening to the audiobook was the right choice because Abdurraqib reads like a poet, which he is. Abdurraqib’s love for his hometown (Columbus, Ohio, USA) laces every word and is ardently felt, vividly expressed. the loyalty displayed here makes me want to look for more to love in my hometown than i have been.