A New York Times and Washington Post BestsellerBestselling author,
basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores
the heart of issues that affect Americans today.
Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time
leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar has become a lauded observer of culture and society, a New
York Times bestselling author, and a regular contributor to The
Washington Post, TIME magazine and TIME.com.
He now brings that keen insight to the fore in Writings on the Wall:
Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White, his most incisive
and important work of non-fiction in years. He uses his unique blend of
erudition, street smarts and authentic experience in essays on the
country's seemingly irreconcilable partisan divide - both racial and
political, parenthood, and his own experiences as an athlete,
African-American, and a Muslim. The book is not just a collection of
expositions; he also offers keen assessments of and solutions to
problems such as racism in sports while speaking candidly about his
experiences on the court and off.
Timed for publication as the nation debates whom to send to the White
House, the combination of plain talk on issues, life lessons, and
personal stories places Writings on the Wall squarely in the middle of
the conversation, as many of Abdul-Jabbar's topics are at the top of the
national agenda. Whether it is sparring with Donald Trump, within the
pages of TIME magazine, or full-length features in the The New York
Times Magazine, writers, critics, and readers have come to agree on
what The Washington Post observed: Abdul-Jabbar has become a vital,
dynamic and unorthodox cultural voice.
