Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on June 5 at 8 p.m., for an evening of golf. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Tom Coyne, Leigh Montville, and David Owen will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Coyne will relate his quest to make the pro tour; Montville will revive the legend of a forgotten amateur golfing great; and Owen will share from his writing about the ordinary duffer's misadventures.
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!
Gelf is featuring interviews with the writers. Click on each name for the interview:
•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
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.
Varsity Letters 2008
July 3: Baseball night
•Milton H. Jamail, author of Venezuelan Bust, Baseball Boom: Andres Reiner and Scouting on the New Frontier
•Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney, co-authors of It Takes More Than Balls: The Savvy Girls' Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Baseball
•Tim Wendel, co-author of Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America
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.
September 4:
•Harvey Frommer, author of Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of "The House That Ruth Built"
•Dave Zirin, author of A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play (New Press People's Histories)
•Another author TBA.
November 6:
•Drew Magary, co-author of Kissing Suzy Kolber and author of Men with Balls: The Professional Athlete's Handbook
•Dan Steinberg, author of the Washington Post's D.C. Sports Bog
•And another author TBA.
October 2, December 4: TBA.
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