After the Oracle, Paperback/Shane Anderson

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. Shane Anderson has written three books of poetry and experimental prose ( Soft Passer, Études , and Melanic Ray Meditations ), and translated several books from German, including Thomas Pletzinger's The Great Nowitzki , Elke Erb's A poem is what it does , and Ulf Stolterfoht's The Amme Talks . Anderson's writing and translations can be found in The Nation , Los Angeles Review of Books , Asymptote , Ugly Duckling Presse, and elsewhere. A native of Northern California, Anderson lives with his family in Berlin. Book specifications: Dimensions: 201 x 132 Author: Shane Anderson Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2022 Publishing Month: 2 Pages: 196 Language: English Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing Weight: 318 g