Basketball (and Other Things)
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| Author | Shea Serrano |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Sean Crisden |
| Illustrator | Arturo Torres |
| Language | English |
| Series | And Other Things |
Release number | 1 |
| Subject | Basketball |
| Publisher | Abrams Image, Tantor Audio |
| Media type | Print (Paperback), Audiobook |
| ISBN | 978-1-4197-2647-7 (Paperback) |
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated is a 2017 book written by Shea Serrano[1] and illustrated by Arturo Torres, with a foreword from former NBA star Reggie Miller.[2]
Development and publication history[edit]
Basketball (and Other Things) was published by Abrams Image on October 10, 2017. It is the second collaboration between Serrano and Torres, following their 2015 New York Times best-seller The Rap Year Book.[3] Basketball (and Other Things) shares a title with a previous email newsletter from Serrano and Torres;[4][5] begun in March 2016,[6] the newsletter had over 30,000 subscribers as of May 2016.[7]
When pre-sales opened on Amazon for Basketball (and Other Things) in February 2017, the book hit number 13 on the site's bestseller list.[8] When Barnes & Noble announced in June that they were producing a special edition to include basketball cards with the book sold only in their stores, Basketball (and Other Things) made it to number one on Barnes & Noble's Top 100 Bestselling Books list.[9]
In November 2017, the book reached number one on The New York Times Best Sellers list for sports and fitness books.[10]
On December 31, 2017, former United States President Barack Obama listed Serrano's book[11] as one of his favorite books of the year, a "bonus for hoops fans."
Chapters[edit]
The start of each of the book's 33 chapters has a full-page illustration of an iconic jersey of a player who wore the chapter's number,[12] except for chapter 18 which features an illustration of the fictional action-movie character John Harder, played by James Harden.
| Chapter | Jersey |
|---|---|
| 01 | Oscar Robertson |
| 02 | Moses Malone |
| 03 | Allen Iverson |
| 04 | Adrian Dantley |
| 05 | Jason Kidd |
| 06 | Julius Erving |
| 07 | Pete Maravich |
| 08 | Kobe Bryant |
| 09 | Tony Parker |
| 10 | Walt Frazier |
| 11 | Isiah Thomas |
| 12 | John Stockton |
| 13 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 14 | Bob Cousy |
| 15 | Vince Carter |
| 16 | Bob Lanier |
| 17 | John Havlicek |
| 18 | John Harder |
| 19 | Willis Reed |
| 20 | Gary Payton |
| 21 | Tim Duncan |
| 22 | Clyde Drexler |
| 23 | Michael Jordan |
| 24 | Rick Barry |
| 25 | Mark Price |
| 26 | Kyle Korver |
| 27 | Zaza Pachulia |
| 28 | Arron Afflalo |
| 29 | Paul Silas |
| 30 | Stephen Curry |
| 31 | Reggie Miller |
| 32 | Magic Johnson |
| 33 | Larry Bird |
References[edit]
- ^ Puckett, Jeffrey Lee (May 18, 2017). "Twitter shout-out gives bookstore more orders than it gets in year". USA TODAY. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Basketball (and Other Things) A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated". Abrams Books. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Bustillos, Esteban (19 May 2017). "Growing up with violence, Dallas artist wants to inspire kids to persevere | Visual Arts". Dallas News. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Wolf, Cameron (August 16, 2016). "Arturo Torres on Turning Athletes and Musicians Into Superheroes With Shea Serrano". Complex. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Eakin, Marah (26 May 2016). "Former Grantland scribe casts hilarious aspersions at State Farm's Hoopers commercials". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Crucchiola, Jordan (2016-05-30). "The King Of Twitter: Shea Serrano Is Our New Favorite Internet Hero". GOOD Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ Solis, Manuel (May 31, 2016). "Arturo Torres Delivers Kirby-esque Kawhi". San Antonio Current. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Biasotti, Tony (March 10, 2017). "Q&A: How Shea Serrano went from middle school science teacher to NYT bestselling author". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ results, search; Miller, Reggie (2017-10-10). Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated. Arturo Torres (Illustrated ed.). Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9781419726477.
- ^ "Sports and Fitness Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Serrano, Shea (2017-12-31). "WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTpic.twitter.com/RXdbQ6ougE". @SheaSerrano. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Stanton, Charlie (2017-11-03). "Ten reasons to buy Shea Serrano's new book "Basketball (and Other Things)"". Golden State Of Mind. Retrieved 2018-04-09.