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Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, two versatile writers who frequently turn their attention to the playing field will read from and talk about their work. Malcolm Gladwell and Chuck Klosterman both have new essay collections in bookstores that touch on sports, among other topics. And both are dedicated correspondents of Bill Simmons's. Because space is limited, free registration is required. Register at varsityletters.eventbrite.com, password gelf (or register below).
Graphic by Mister Lister.
Event Details:
JLA Studios (Official site, map)
63 Pearl St (between Water St. and Front St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Next to the F train. Close to the A,C. Accessible by the 2,3.
Doors open at 7:00.
Event starts at 7:00.
FREE! (but registration required; details coming here soon)
Visit reBar, around the corner, afterward; attendees of Varsity Letters and other Gelf events get discounts on food and drink.
More on this month's authors:
•Chuck Klosterman, author of Eating the Dinosaur
Read Gelf's interview with Klosterman
•Malcolm Gladwell, author of What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Read Gelf's interview with Gladwell
Upcoming Varsity Letters
March 4
•Mark Bechtel, author of He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back: The True Story of the Year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the Rest of NASCAR's Feudin', Fightin', Good Ol' Boys Put Stock Car Racing on the Map
•ESPN's Wright Thompson, twice before a Varsity Letters guest. Among his recent subjects: a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali, then went missing.
•ESPN writer Seth Wickersham, a previous Varsity Letters guest. Among his recent subjects: racehorse euthanasia and stadium anthems.
April 1
•Lee Lowenfish, author of The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball's Labor Wars
•Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
•Emma Span, author of 90% of the Game Is Half Mental: And Other Tales From the Edge of Baseball Fandom
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Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Chris Ballard, Tom and Jerry Caraccioli, and Mike Vaccaro will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Ballard will provide a thinking fan's tour of the NBA, the Caraccioli brothers will recount the exploits of a forgotten medal-winning US hockey team, while Vaccaro will revisit a history-making World Series from a century ago.
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, December 3, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Joe Drape, Phil Hanrahan, and David Maraniss will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Drape will talk about a Kansas town and its unbeatable football team, Hanrahan will relate the aftermath of Brett Favre's departure from Green Bay, and Maraniss will revisit the memorable Olympics from a half-century ago and read from his forthcoming collection of stories.
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Shawn Boburg, Jeff Leen, and Tony Leonardo, will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Boburg will offer a glimpse into the past and inside the mind of mercurial Dodgers star Manny Ramirez; Leen will relate the colorful history of women's wrestling champion and pioneer Mildred Burke; and Leonardo will expound on the oddball culture of ultimate frisbee.
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns with an all-baseball night on Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m, a week before the season kicks off. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Joe Posnanski, Jennifer Ring, and Larry Tye will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Posnanski will relate the history of the Big Red Machine, perhaps the greatest lineup ever; Ring will explain the shameful history of baseball closing itself off to girls at a young age; and Tye will describe the colorful and groundbreaking life of Satchel Paige. Plus, Jonathan Hock will present scenes from his film The Lost Son of Havana.
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns with an all-NFL night on Thursday, September 3, at 7:30 p.m, a week before the season kicks off. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Stefan Fatsis, Matt Shepatin, and Michael Tunison will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Fatsis will return to, and update, his tale of seeking to become a pro placekicker; Shepatin will relate some of the best NFL stories ever told; and Tunison will preach from his manifesto for football fans.
We at Gelf can't say we've sat down with soccer's biggest American star, Landon Donovan, and listened to him complain about the world's biggest star, David Beckham, ruining his team. Grant Wahl can. Watch videos of him reading from his new book The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America at August's Varsity Letters.
New York Times writer Bruce Weber explored umpires' lonely, misunderstood world. Watch his highly animated speech.
From covering fallen prep stars to flying in private jets with Jack Nicklaus, Wright Thompson's writing knows no bounds. Watch Thompson's speech from August's Varsity Letters.
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