{"product_id":"black-planet-facing-race-during-an-nba-season-paperback","title":"Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGerald Graff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eBryan Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritically acclaimed and highly controversial, \u003ci\u003eBlack Planet\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and PEN USA Award and was named a Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 1999 by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1994-1995 NBA season, David Shields attended nearly all of the Seattle SuperSonics' home games; watched on TV nearly all their away games; listened to countless pre- and post-game interviews and call-in shows on the radio; spoke or tried to speak to players, coaches, agents, journalists, fans, his wife; corresponded with members of the Sonics newsgroup on the internet; read innumerable articles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Although I'm a passionate basketball fan and Sonics fan,\" Shields wrote in the author's note to the original publication of \u003ci\u003eBlack Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, \"I wasn't interested in the game per se--who won, who lost, the minutiae of strategy. I was interested in how the game gets talked about. By the end of the season I'd accumulated hundreds of pages of often utterly illegible notes, the roughest of rough drafts. Over the next three years I transformed those notes into this book--a daily journal that runs the length of one team's long-forgotten season and that is now focused, to the point of obsession, on how white people (including especially myself) think about and talk about black heroes, black scapegoats, black bodies.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Planet\u003c\/i\u003e changed sports journalism and remains a prophetic book on America and race. This edition features a new foreword by Bryan Curtis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Shields\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eReality Hunger: A Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e (named by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e in 2020 as one of the most important books of the past decade), \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller), and \u003ci\u003eRemote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the PEN\/Revson Award). \u003cb\u003eBryan Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor-at-large of \u003ci\u003eThe Ringer\u003c\/i\u003e and cohost of \u003ci\u003eThe Press Box\u003c\/i\u003e podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637649207603,"sku":"9781496242211","price":30.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/e2zetkQiWg9781496242211.webp?v=1762296754","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/black-planet-facing-race-during-an-nba-season-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}