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03175aam a2200505Ii 4500 001 4EE9E392F0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402010028 008 240314s2024 nyu e 001 0deng 010 $a 2023025673 020 $a 0593448790 020 $a 9780593448793 035 $a (OCoLC)1426301768 040 $a DLC $b eng $c JPL $e rda $d JPL $d OCLCO $d LE# $d SILO 043 $a n-us-oh 100 1 $a Abdurraqib, Hanif, $d 1983- $e author. 245 10 $a There's always this year : $b on basketball and ascension / $c Hanif Abdurraqib. 246 3 $a There is always this year 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 334 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Pregame -- First quarter: City as its true self -- A timeout in praise of legendary Ohio aviators -- Intermission: On fathers, sons, and ghosts, holy or otherwise: He got game (1998) -- Second quarter: Flawed and mortal gods -- A timeout in praise of legendary Ohio aviators -- Intermission: On the darkest heavens: Above the rim (1994) -- Third quarter: The mercy of exits, the magic of fruitless pleading -- A timeout in praise of legendary Ohio aviators -- Intermission: On hustles: White men can't jump (1992) -- Fourth quarter: City as its false self -- A timeout in praise of legendary Ohio aviators -- A brief postgame scouting report in praise of legendary Ohio aviators. 520 $a "While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most insightful music critics, he is most of all, at heart, an Ohioan. Growing up in Columbus in the '90s, Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron 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 tensions between excellence and expectation, and the very notion of role-models, all of which he expertly weaves together with memoir: "Here is where I would like to tell you about the form on my father's jumpshot," Abdurraqib writes. "The truth, though, is that I saw my father shoot a basketball only one time.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 19 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702025848.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010300.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524011234.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20240523010245.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240516010435.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20240514012213.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012724.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240504010034.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240503011443.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240417024024.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020917.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012922.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240409011739.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012628.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240402012131.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240402011902.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240402011540.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240402010453.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20240402010109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EE9E392F0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search