Hanif Abdurraqib's new book reflects on LeBron James, growing up and coming home

Hanif Abdurraqib's new book, There's Always This Year, is difficult to summarize, even for the author: it's part memoir, part basketball analysis, part poetry, part collection of essays. In today's episode, the MacArthur Fellow and writer speaks with NPR's Scott Detrow about how growing up in Columbus, Ohio, watching the spectacular rise of LeBron James and understanding the passage of time have all led to a meditation on mortality and success.

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