'There's Always This Year' reflects on how we consider others — and ourselves
Hanif Abdurraqib's latest book is about hoops, sure, but it's also about so much more. It's another remarkable book from one of the country's smartest cultural critics.
It's a familiar phrase to any sports fan who realizes that a championship isn't in the cards this season: There's always next year. The statement, combining resignation with optimism, is sometimes said sincerely and sometimes ironically: Hope springs eternal, unless, of course, it doesn't.
Hanif Abdurraqib, who earned raves for his books and , puts a new spin on the saying in his latest, . As in his previous books, Abdurraqib uses one subject as a lens through which he views the
