Three sports-book authors will be speaking at a free Gelf event in New York on Wednesday, August 1, at 8 p.m. Come by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Sally Jenkins, Seth Mnookin, and Joe Posnanski read from and discuss their writing.

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

Sally Jenkins, author of The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation and a columnist for the Washington Post.

Seth Mnookin, author of Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top.

Joe Posnanski, author of The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America and a columnist for the Kansas City Star.

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 events

September 5: Frank Deford, author of The Entitled; Scott Price, author of Far Afield: A Sportswriting Odyssey (read an excerpt here); and Neal Thompson, author of Hurricane Season: A Coach, His Team, and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina and Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR.

October 3: John Bacon, author of Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership; Michael O'Keeffe and Teri Thompson, authors of The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card; and Jon Wertheim, author of Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler.

November 7: Bruce Feldman, author of Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting; Steve Friedman, author of The Agony of Victory: When Winning Isn't Enough; and another author TBA.

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