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Hanif Abdurraqib

American poet and essayist.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2019—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Hanif Abdurraqib has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2019 and 2025. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards4

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence2

Kirkus Prize1

National Book Awards1

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay1

Subject profile

Arts & Criticism2

Sports1

Indexed works

Books by Hanif Abdurraqib

3 books · sorted by recognition

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black PerformanceArts & Criticism202220 pts There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and AscensionSports202414 pts Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called QuestArts & Criticism20198 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2022	A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance	Arts & Criticism	20	1	4	Random House
2024	There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension	Sports	14	1	3	Penguin Books
2019	Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest	Arts & Criticism	8	0	2	University of Texas Press

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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