<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983-"]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983-"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/dbrl/rss/search?query=%22Abdurraqib%2C%20Hanif%2C%201983-%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:49:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[There's Always This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA["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.""--]]></description><link>https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C889665</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C889665</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdurraqib, Hanif]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/889665018</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>On Basketball and Ascension</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593448793/MC.GIF&amp;client=573-443-3161&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>