On WEDNESDAY March 13, Varsity Letters returns to the Gallery at LPR with a night devoted to all things college basketball. Varsity Letters veteran Sally Jenkins will read from the just-released autobiography she co-wrote with long-time Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective. She'll be joined by ESPN.com college hoops analyst John Gasaway, who is also the editor of the annual College Basketball Prospectus books, as well as Reed Tucker, co-author of Duke Sucks: A Completely Evenhanded, Unbiased Investigation into the Most Evil Team on Planet Earth and podcaster at Tar Heel Dead Tar Heel Bred.
• Read Gelf's interview with Jenkins.
• Read Gelf's interview with Gasaway.
• Read Gelf's interview with Tucker and his co-author Andy Bagwell.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MONTH'S EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON A WEDNESDAY. FUTURE VARSITY LETTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
Event Details:
The Gallery at LPR (Official site, map)
158 Bleecker St. (between Sullivan St. and Thompson St.)
New York, NY 10012
Blocks from A/C/E/B/D/F/M/N/R/1/6 trains
Doors open at 7.
Event starts at 7:30.
There is no admission charge.
Attendees must be 21 or older, as per Le Poisson Rouge rules. (Email michael@gelfmagazine.com if you are under 21 and would like to attend. The farther in advance, the better; no guarantees.)
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