Wednesday, May 21, 2025--San Antonio
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib was longlisted for the National Book Award and named a best book of the year by Time, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, and others. It is a fascinating book. I consider it to be essentially a philosophy book built around the story of the life of a Black man who grew up in a poor neighborhood of Colombus, OH, playing pickup basketball with his friends at the local poorly maintained park while following the history of both the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA team and the city of Cleveland during many years of mostly disappointment and depression for both the team and the city. If you read about the life of the author, it's obvious that this book is essentially his autobiography with greater intentions than just to tell his life story. It is one of the most interesting books I have ever read and one of the better written ones, too. I gave the book 4 1/2 stars out of 5.
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