Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue. Feb. 21, 2023
7:00 pm
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MEMOIR BY NBA STAR/MEDIA HEAVYWEIGHT KENDRICK PERKINS
ESPN NBA analyst/personality and social media star presents an intimate memoir about race, fatherhood and basketball. Perkins was a key member of the 2008 NBA Champion Celtics during his 14-year career.
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“Kendrick Perkins is the bold and educational voice we need today. Every single word he speaks will challenge, enlighten and encourage you to become a better version of yourself and see a better version of the world. Perkins’ riveting stories about the NBA, his upbringing and social justice will make this book impossible to put down.” -Emmanuel Acho, New York Times bestselling author of Uncomfortable conversations with a Black Man
“It makes sense that the most exciting, authentic and knowledgeable basketball analyst in the world would create a stunning, revealing memoir. But I was still shocked at the wonder of this memoir. After reading The Education of Kendrick Perkins, you will understand why none of us should ever doubt the mind, nor the gumption of Kendrick Perkins ever again. It’s hard to make a layered classic memoir and that’s exactly what Kendrick Perkins has done. Though the book moves from region to region, Kendrick carries his south with him, and consistently interrogates himself, and the NBA. The book is flat out brilliant. Now carry the hell on.” -Kiese Laymon, MacArthur award-winning author of Heavy