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But we know our enemies by how foolishly they trample upon what we know as affection. How quickly they find another language for what they cannot translate as love.
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
keeping the circle open.
Hanif Abdurraqib • They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
I knew what it was like to keep something close, just in case there was some error in the universe.
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
on my block it was never cared for, but we knew how to navigate the aftermath of neglect.
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
André has the excitement of someone who is traversing new ground, but he’s also serious about the work.
Hanif Abdurraqib • Andre 3000 is at Peace (For Now)
Mobb Deep song “Survival of the Fittest” opens
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
there is nobility in a basketball that has faded, that has gone bald.
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
I understand this element of loss, the exercise of cataloguing all that cannot come back, at least not in its original form.