A highlighted excerpt from page 18 of “There’s Always This Year” by Hanif Abdurraqib: “Have you ever been in the air so long that your feet begin to fall in love with the new familiar, walking along some invisible surface that is surely there, that must be, as there is no other way to describe what miracle keeps you afloat? How long have you been suspended in a place that loves you with the same ferocity and freedom as the ground might, as the grave might, as a heaven that lets you walk in drowning in gold might?” I’ve got a bookmark in the center of the book promoting this title as the 23rd Annual Reading Across Rhode Island selection presented by the Rhode Island Center For the Boom.

So much of this book you just HAVE to read aloud, to hear the music of these lines. What an experience 🏀 #RARI2025 #TheresAlwaysThisYear 📚