After the Oracle

In 2016, Shane Anderson made a vow to live according to the four core values of the Golden State Warriors to escape a decade of defeats--including divorce, debilitating spinal surgery and a suicide attempt. The basketball team's values of joy, mindfulness, compassion, and competition became Anderson's guiding principles, providing him a lens to investigate a myriad of social, personal, philosophical, and political issues, such as homelessness, the promises and failures of rave culture, and the limits of self-help. Part memoir, part essay, and part chronicle of the greatest five-year stretch of a team in NBA history, After the Oracle depicts the makes and misses of one expat trying to make a life worth living.

Author: Shane Anderson
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 11/16/2021
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781646051465
ISBN10: 1646051467
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Sports & Recreation | Essays
- Self-Help | Personal Growth | General

About the Author

Shane Anderson is the author of three books of poetry and experimental prose and has translated three books of poetry and basketball literature. His work has appeared or will appear in The Nation, the Los Angeles Review of Books, 032c, Asymptote and elsewhere. He is the translator of Thomas Pletzinger's Spiegel Bestseller The Great Nowitzki, published by Norton.