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About six weeks ago, Billy Bean, MLB’s Senior Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Commissioner, wrote to congratulate me on the publication of CURVEBALL (Post Hill Press). He also accepted my offer of an autographed copy, which I sent. As some of you may know, I based Davey Dean, a character in CURVEBALL, on Billy Bean, who was the second MLB baseball player to come out as gay (Glenn Burke, also came out; like Bean, however, he waited until he retired). My protagonist, Jess Singer, comes out publicly at a press conference at MLB headquarters, hosted by "Davey Dean". Some of you may also know that Billy Bean died three days ago, at the age of 60, of acute myeloid leukemia, after battling the disease for a year. What kind of man, weeks from dying, writes to congratulate an author he doesn't know personally? A good man. A kind man. A man dedicated to the cause of diversity and inclusion that he fought so many years for. I'd like to think that Billy Bean managed to read a few pages of CURVEBALL, because I think he would have liked it. But I guess I'll never know. I do know that it meant a lot to me that he took the time near the end of his time to write to congratulate me. R.I.P, Billy Bean.
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Famed New York Times columnist (now retired) posted this review of Curveball on his website:
Here's the link: https://www.georgevecsey.com/home/the-pitcher-has-a-secret The celebrate this review and the publication of Curveball, I'll be attending the Mets-Dodgers game at Citi Field tomorrow. I'll be sitting in Section 114, Row 16, Seat 12. If you're at the game, stop by and I'll buy you a beer! June 2, 2-4 pm. Trumansburg Conservatory of Arts, Trumansburg, NY. This is a benefit reading. I will donate $10 from the price of each book sold to the Conservatory. Light Refreshments served.
June 18, 7 pm. Prairie Lights Books, Iowa City, IA. I will share the stage with dear friend, Christine Hemp. June 28, 4 pm. The History Center, Ithaca, NY. 110 Tioga St. My reading is part of the History Center's 2024 Exhibit: A Sporting Chance. Come for the reading and be sure to check out the exhibit. Book sale partner: Odyssey Books, Ithaca. Curveball will be published in just about two weeks! It's available via pre-order wherever books are sold. If possible, support a local independent book store. Copperfield's in Santa Rosa, CA, and Odyssey Books in Ithaca, NY, will be stocking Curveball.
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