Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing has earned him a MacArthur “genius” grant. His most recent book,
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
, landed a spot on Barack Obama’s summer reading list. But those accolades don’t matter to him as much as being a good friend and neighbor. Abdurraqib talks to Rachel about a youth spent unhoused and incarcerated, and the zen of making mixtapes.

Original source: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/12/1244131036/hanif-abdurraqib-columbus-mixtapes-poetry-90s