There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

by Hanif Abdurraqib

That’s the miracle of hair. It allows us our mistakes and still returns to us, potentially ready to endure more.

You don’t want to make an enemy out of the grays, he told me one day, while lining me up. Best to just thank them for showin’ up to the party. Lucky you got a party for them to show up to.