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Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on May 1 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Charles Leerhsen, Steve McKee, and Michael Tunison will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Leerhsen will revive a forgotten legend of 20th-century sports; McKee will recount how his father's death taught him how to live, and to embrace sports; and Tunison will share writing from his riotous NFL blog.
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:
•Charles Leerhsen, author of Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America
•Steve McKee, WSJ.com's original Daily Fixer and 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 is unable to attend.)
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
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: 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.
November 6:
•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, October 2, December 4: TBA.
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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.
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The three sportswriters featured on the front page will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, January 3, at 8 p.m. Come by Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Will Leitch, Dan Shanoff, and Dave Zirin read from and discuss their writing.
New York's Varsity Letters sports reading series rings in 2008 with its return on Thursday, January 3 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Will Leitch, Dan Shanoff, and Dave Zirin will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Deadspin editor Leitch will offer prescriptions for what ails today's sports fans, Shanoff will sing the virtues of the bandwagon fan, and Zirin will take on some of the big political issues in sports.
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