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Praise for Shea Serrano (And His Other Books): Paging through Serrano's Movies (And Other Things) is like taking a long drive at night with a friend; there's that warmth and familiarity where the chat is more important than the fastest route from Point A to Point B. [Movies] is like a textbook gone right; your attention couldn't wander if it tried. With a foreword by John Leguizamo and afterword by Don Cheadle, movie buffs have no excuse not to lose themselves in this oddball book. --New York Times ...hilarious and insightful... --Men's Journal [Shea Serrano is] America's foremost chronicler of pop minutiae. --Texas Monthly Cleverly written and beautifully illustrated...It's a must for any basketball fan. --Esquire Even if you're a basketball novice or die-hard Spurs fan like Shea, this is a perfect companion to his Rap Year Book: full of myths, what-ifs, and hyperspecific fanaticism. --Vulture Shea Serrano's Basketball (And Other Things) is equal parts hilarious and enlightening...this is the ultimate book on basketball fandom. --NPR This quirky, wide-ranging collection of essays, paired with gorgeous art, is a well-informed love letter to hip-hop. --Kirkus

Serrano is at his best when relating stories... but all his hip-hop coverage is great fun and his penchant for injecting outright ridiculousness and self-deprecating humor into the mix makes it even better. --Booklist Review Praise for Shea Serrano (And His Other Books): Paging through Serrano's Movies (And Other Things) is like taking a long drive at night with a friend; there's that warmth and familiarity where the chat is more important than the fastest route from Point A to Point B. [Movies] is like a textbook gone right; your attention couldn't wander if it tried. With a foreword by John Leguizamo and afterword by Don Cheadle, movie buffs have no excuse not to lose themselves in this oddball book. --New York Times ...hilarious and insightful... --Men's Journal [Shea Serrano is] America's foremost chronicler of pop minutiae. --Texas Monthly Cleverly written and beautifully illustrated...It's a must for any basketball fan. --Esquire Even if you're a basketball novice or die-hard Spurs fan like Shea, this is a perfect companion to his Rap Year Book: full of myths, what-ifs, and hyperspecific fanaticism. --Vulture Shea Serrano's Basketball (And Other Things) is equal parts hilarious and enlightening...this is the ultimate book on basketball fandom. --NPR This quirky, wide-ranging collection of essays, paired with gorgeous art, is a well-informed love letter to hip-hop. --Kirkus

"""Serrano is at his best when relating stories... but all his hip-hop coverage is great fun and his penchant for injecting outright ridiculousness and self-deprecating humor into the mix makes it even better."" --Booklist Review Praise for Shea Serrano (And His Other Books): ""Paging through Serrano's Movies (And Other Things) is like taking a long drive at night with a friend; there's that warmth and familiarity where the chat is more important than the fastest route from Point A to Point B. [Movies] is like a textbook gone right; your attention couldn't wander if it tried. With a foreword by John Leguizamo and afterword by Don Cheadle, movie buffs have no excuse not to lose themselves in this oddball book."" --New York Times ""...hilarious and insightful..."" --Men's Journal ""[Shea Serrano is] America's foremost chronicler of pop minutiae."" --Texas Monthly ""Cleverly written and beautifully illustrated...It's a must for any basketball fan."" --Esquire ""Even if you're a basketball novice or die-hard Spurs fan like Shea, this is a perfect companion to his Rap Year Book: full of myths, what-ifs, and hyperspecific fanaticism."" --Vulture ""Shea Serrano's Basketball (And Other Things) is equal parts hilarious and enlightening...this is the ultimate book on basketball fandom."" --NPR ""This quirky, wide-ranging collection of essays, paired with gorgeous art, is a well-informed love letter to hip-hop.""--Kirkus"

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Shea Serrano's most recent book, Movies (And Other Things), was, among other things, a #1 New York Times bestseller. His previous book, Basketball (And Other Things) was also a #1 New York Times bestseller and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of the year. His book before that, The Rap Year Book, was also a New York Times bestseller, and was turned into a documentary that aired on AMC. Currently, he is a staff writer for The Ringer where he co-hosts the popular rap podcast No Skips.

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