Bring your Dad and join four local sportswriters at the Marmaduke Forster House in Pleasantville on the evening of Wednesday, June 13, as the Marmaduke Writing Factory hosts a conversation about baseball, football, sportswriting, who deserves to be a legend—and why Yankees vs. Red Sox makes everyone nuts.
Beginning at 7 pm, the evening will feature USA Today Book Critic Bob Minzesheimer as umpire calling the plays of these Westchester writers and their sports books (in published order):
Rob Fleder, former executive editor at Sports Illustrated, whose Damn Yankees:Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World’s Most Loved (and Hated) Team has just been published by Ecco.
Kate Buford, whose Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe (Knopf, 2010) has just been published in paperback (Bison Books)
Joe Wallace, whose novel, Diamond Ruby, is based on the true story of a woman pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in exhibition play (Touchstone, 2010)
Robert Sullivan, whose Our Red Sox: A Story of Family, Friends, and Fenway, a memoir, is included to at least let the Sox in the game (Clerisy Press, 2006).
Pleasantville’s Village Bookstore will be selling these and other sports books for Father’s Day gifts, and the authors will sign and personalize copies. As a special treat, there will be samplings of fine wines selected by The Marmaduke Wine Club, as well as beer, soda, and snacks.
The event is open to the public, with a $5 donation to cover refreshments. All team caps and jerseys welcome! Click here for directions to the Marmaduke Writing Factory.
