Gelf’s Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on Thursday, April 2, at 8 p.m, with an all-baseball night in time for Opening Day. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Alex Belth, Greg Prince, and Matt McCarthy will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Belth and Prince blog about the Yankees and Mets, respectively, capturing fans’ passion for the hometown teams. McCarthy is the author of a tell-all memoir about his time as a minor-leaguer. And Mets poet Frank Messina will read samples of his verse.

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