Loved the hell out of this book by Hanif Abdurraqib ― poetic, deep, DEEP dive into the spirituality of ballin' culture: community hoops; high school; neighborhood cement black top. Wistful remembrances of what it's like to grow up in places one fights to "get away from" ― memories of the terror and the glory and all the loveliness of said places. Very moving. Bravo. (And fuck our enemies, who don't KNOW.)

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