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Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters

Sep 1, 2019

On November 21, 2017, Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge celebrated the The Best American Sports Writing of 2017.

Speaking in this episode:

ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant, editor of the 2017 volume of the annual series.

Bomani Jones, host of The Right Time podcast and author of 


Sep 1, 2019

On August 1, 2018, sports-book authors Ben Reiter and Lori Leachman appeared at Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge.

Speaking in this episode:

Sports Illustrated's Ben Reiterwho accurately predicted the Astros' 2017 World Series win three years earlier—read from and discussed his new...


Sep 1, 2019

On January 30, 2018, three writers appeared at Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge for a look at the dark side of Olympic sports.

Speaking in Part II:

Thomas H. Murray discussed his new book, Good Sport: Why Our Games Matter  and How Doping Undermines...


Sep 1, 2019

On January 30, 2018, three writers appeared at Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge for a look at the dark side of Olympic sports.

Speaking in Part I:

Carla Correa and Meghan Louttit of the New York Times discussed their coverage of the Larry Nassar trial.


Sep 1, 2019

On March 13, 2018, Gelf Magazine's Varsity Letters at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge spent a night devoted to soccer.

Author Sebastian Abbot read from and discussed his new book, The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's...