C.P. Jude reviews There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
The jacket copy of Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest book, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension begins, addressed to the reader, “If you know, you know.” And, beholden to the unsubtle hype of the statement, it’s true. Anyone familiar with Abdurraqib’s past work knows that the book’s mix of prose and poetry will only sort […]
The jacket copy of Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest book, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension begins, addressed to the reader, “If you know, you know.” And, beholden to the unsubtle hype of the statement, it’s true. Anyone familiar with Abdurraqib’s past work knows that the book’s mix of prose and poetry will only sort
