Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season

Contributor(s): Shields, David (Author), Graff, Gerald (Introduction by), Curtis, Bryan (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781496242211

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$21.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$34.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$33.70 (100+ copies: $32.95)

List/retail price:

$21.95

Pub Date: September 1, 2025

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 6.00" L x 9.00" W ( 0.50 lbs) 252 pages

BISAC Categories:

Sports and Recreation | Basketball | History | African American and Black

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Black Planet, David Shields's diary of the 1994-95 Seattle SuperSonics' NBA season--a self-conscious deconstruction of fandom, media, and race--changed sports journalism.

Review Quotes: "A risky and brilliant book. . . . It is an emotional journey into Jock Culture's heart of darkness. Shields is willing to write himself naked about the hungers and envies that move across the grandstand like the wave."--Robert Lipsyte, New York Times

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