Squawkin' Sports: Trans Sports & Writers Edition! (at DSK)

Squawkin' Sports: Trans Sports & Writers Edition!
Hosted by Patrick Sauer & David J. Roth
Featuring authors Julie Kliegman, Benedict Nguyen, and Victoria Zeller
Tickets starting at $11

Created and hosted by writers Patrick Sauer and David J. Roth, Squawkin’ Sports is an ongoing series featuring book chats with authors who write about playing games. This month, Sauer and Roth chat with Julie Kliegman, author of Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes, Benedict Nguyen, author of Hot Girls With Balls, and Victoria Zeller, author of One of the Boys.

In Mind Game, local Queens-based author and a Sports Illustrated copy chief, Julie Kliegman offers a deep look into how even the best athletes struggle with and persevere through mental illness. Featuring insightful interviews with Olympians Chloe Kim, McKayla Maroney, and Adam Rippon, NBA players Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan, and former U.S. Open tennis champ Bianca Andreescu, Mind Game breaks down the ongoing, heartening movement of athletes across sports coming forward to get the care they need and deserve-and to help others feel safe opening up about their struggles.

A Best Book of the Summer by Elle and W Magazine, Benedict Nguyen's Hot Girls with Balls, two star indoor volleyball players juggle unspoken jealousies in their off-court romance ahead of their rival teams’ first rematch in a year. "If you thought Challengers made tennis sexy, just wait and see what Hot Girls with Balls can do for volleyball . . . the novel is the outrageous, hilarious, and biting social commentary that we need in a time where the government continues to invalidate and target the trans community," (Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's Bazaar).

In New York author Victoria Zeller's debut, One of the Boys, Grace, a young, trans girl, struggles to find her place in early transition, new social circles, and a life without football amidst her senior year. That is until her old teammates beg her to come out of retirement and a chance meeting cracks the door to college football back open. Now, Grace must decide how much of herself she's willing to give up for the game she loves in this New York Times and Indie Bestseller!

$11: 1 beer
$42: 1 beer + Mind Game
$42: 1 beer + Hot Girls with Balls
$42: 1 beer + One of the Boys