Congrats to Major Jackson

Congrats to my colleague Major Jackson, whose extraordinary book Hoops has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work category. A PDF of the complete list of nominees can be found here. The winners will be announced March 2.

I picked up Hoops earlier this year when I was in Washington, DC on business and, because I couldn’t put the book down, hogged a table at a busy Thai restaurant long after I was done eating. This nomination is a very well-deserved honour for a great book (and a great guy).