The baseball writers featured on Gelf's front page will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, April 3, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear Stefan Fatsis, Jonathan Mayo, and Cait Murphy read from and discuss their writing.

Gelf is featuring interviews with the writers. Click on each name for the interview:

Stefan Fatsis, contributor to Anatomy of Baseball

Jonathan Mayo, author of Facing Clemens: Hitters on Confronting Baseball's Most Intimidating Pitcher

Cait Murphy, author of Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History

Event Details:

Happy Ending Lounge (official site, CitySearch, MySpace)
302 Broome St.
(between Forsyth and Eldridge)
212-334-9676
J/M/Z/F to Delancey
B/D to Grand Street
Look for the hot-pink awning with the words "Health Club" on it.

Doors open at 7:30.
Readings start at 8 sharp.
FREE!

Copies of the books will be available for sale, courtesy Mobile Libris.

Questions? Suggestions for future readings? Email varsityletters@gmail.com.
Varsity Letters is on MySpace.

Upcoming Gelf events

April 24: Non-Motivational Speaker Series, on culture jamming and pranks.

Varsity Letters 2008

May 1

•Charles Leerhsen, author of Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America.
•Steve McKee, author of My Father's Heart
•Michael Tunison, a/k/a Christmas Ape, co-author of the NFL blog Kissing Suzy Kolber, and until last week a staff reporter at the Washington Post.
(Shaun Powell and George Vecsey are unable to attend.)

June 5: An all-golf evening from Gelf
•Tom Coyne, author of Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros
•Leigh Montville, author of The Mysterious Montague: A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery
•New Yorker staff writer David Owen, author of My Usual Game.

July 3
•Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney, co-authors of It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball
•Other authors TBA.

August 7
•Stefan Fatsis, author of A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
•Aaron Schatz, editor of Pro Football Prospectus 2008: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football Season
•Another author TBA.

October 2:
•Big Daddy Drew, co-author of Kissing Suzy Kolber
•Dan Steinberg, author of the Washington Post's D.C. Sports Bog
•And another author TBA.

September 4, November 6, December 4: TBA.

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