Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s advice to a would-be pro

Miranda July has a publishing project underway that exists only in your email inbox. She asked 10 famous and somewhat famous friends and acquaintances (writers, actors, scientists, artists, athletes)  to look through their email archives and send her real emails in which they discuss particular topics like money or giving advice. She groups these by topic, and she'll be sending out a set every Monday from July 1 through November 11, 2013. You can sign up to receive them. "How they comport themselves in email is so intimate, almost obscene — a glimpse of them from their own point of view," July writes. Here is...