Recent News

A Game Bridges Generations

By Juliet Chung of The Wall Street Journal
Saturday, October 24, 2009

With players like Warren Buffett giving it cachet, the game, once a bigger pastime, holds its own. Investors know Warren Buffett as the Oracle of Omaha. His online bridge partners know him by another handle: Tbone. He says the skills the game teaches— making inferences and working well with a partner—are invaluable in broader life."I really do recommend it to people," he says.

Some figures suggest Mr. Buffett has a receptive audience.

The American Contract Bridge League, the sanctioning body for competitive bridge in North America, says it expects to have nearly 163,000 members by the end of the year, a 15-year high. A spokesman for Bridge Base Online, a site partly owned by bridge enthusiast Bill Gates (screen name Chalengr, according to Mr. Buffett), estimates 100,000 computers log onto the site daily, up from 75,000 two years ago, but says the growth could reflect players defecting from other sites.

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Public Speaking and Lectures

THURSDAY, JUNE 11 at 6:30PM PST

Stanford University Bookstore Talk & Signing
519 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305
Phone: (650) 329-1217

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 at 7:00PM PST

The Regency Whist Club, Book Talk & Signing
15 E 67th Street (5th & Madison), New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 734-1700

THURSDAY, JUNE 18 at NOON PST

Honors Bridge Club, Book Talk & Signing
133 East 58th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 230-1230

SUNDAY, JUNE 21 at 10:00AM PST

The Toronto Globe & Mail - Ben McNally Literary Sunday Brunch Series
The King Edward Hotel
37 King Street East · Toronto, Ontario M5C 1E9 · Canada
Phone: (416) 361-0032 (Ben McNally Books)

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 at 11:45AM PST

Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta, Book Talk & Signing
5993 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross GA 30071
Phone: (770) 248-0306

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 at 7:00PM PST

Kansas City Public Library / Rainy Day Books
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum
4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: (816) 701-3407

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 at 6:45PM PST

American Contract Bridge League, Book Talk & Signing
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (541) 610-4909

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 at 7:00PM PST

Gary M. Pomerantz Lecture & Book Signing
"The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age"
The Carter Center / Carter Library Theater
One Copenhill 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307
Free and Open to the Public

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 at 7:00 PM PST

Gary M. Pomerantz Lecture & Book Signing
BOOK PASSAGE 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. Corte Madera, CA 94925.
Phone, (415) 927-0960

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 from 11 AM to 12 PM PST

LITQUAKE, Koret Biography and History hour.
San Francisco Main Public Library
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Phone, (415) 557-4400
Litquake is San Francisco’s largest annual literary festival, bringing together writers and readers for a week of readings, discussions, and events. (litquake.org.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 10 AM to 2 PM PST

21st Annual San Francisco Authors Luncheon benifiting the National Kidney Foundation
Speakers: Gail Collins, E.L. Doctorow George Halvorson, CEO Kaiser. Tracy Kidder, Gary Pomerantz, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Hilton Hotel
333 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA. 94102
10:00 am (authors autographing session begins)
12:00 pm (luncheon)
Luncheon $125, For tickets, call (415) 543-3303, ext 114
email: authors@kidneynca.org. (www.kidneynca.org)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 NOON to 1 PM PST

The Commonwealth Club of California, Lecture & Signing
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 597-6700

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 at 11 PM PST

Gary M. Pomerantz Lecture followed by actor Cully Fredricksen in dramatic monologue from The Devil's Tickets
2009 North American Bridge Championships ("Fall Nationals")
Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, CA
One Market Place, San Diego, California, USA 92101
Phone: (619) 232-1234

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 10 AM to NOON PST

The Metropolitan Club
640 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: (415) 673-0600

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 9 AM to NOON PST

Stanford University Women's Club of the East Bay, "Books on Review"
Shadelands Auditorium
111 N. Wiget Lane Walnut Creek, CA 94598-2401
Phone: (925) 943-5846

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 11:45AM to 1:30PM PST

The Family
845 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 7PM PST

Larkspur (Ca.) Public Library
400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA 94939
Phone: (415) 927-5005

SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010 10AM to 2 PM PST

19th Annual Authors Salon for Peninsula Volunteers of Menlo Park, CA.
4th Street Summit Center 88 S. 4th St., San Jose, CA, 95172 Phone: 650-326-0665

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 at 1 PM PST

Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club
Outdoor Art Club, Inc. One West Blithedale Avenue Mill Valley, CA. 94941 Phone (415)388-9886

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010 at 1PM EST

Gary M. Pomerantz Lecture & Book Signing
59th Annual Detroit Jewish Book Fair
Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
JCC Main Phone (248)661-1000

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010 at NOON PST

Third Annual Orphan Compassion Authors Luncheon
Hillsborough Racquet Club, 252 El Cerrito Ave., Hillsborough, CA
www.orphancompassion.com

Archived News

Killing dealt bridge a winning hand

Author to discuss book about fatal
night that put game in spotlight

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, June 22, 2009
By Bo Emerson

After philandering Kansas City salesman Jack Bennett slaps his wife, Myrtle, during a 1929 bridge game, the wronged woman shoots her husband dead – in front of the shocked eyes of their partners.

How does this salacious tabloid murder propel the genteel art of bridge into a million American living rooms? The answer is the improbable tale The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age by former Atlantan Gary M. Pomerantz.

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5/20/2002 They Survived this Crash By Edward Marriott, The London Evening Standard

Radio and Television

Gary M. Pomerantz live radio interviews for "The Devil's Tickets"

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM PST

KSLX-FM/Phoenix AZ 15 min
Mark Mayfield on "The Morning Show," 100,000 watt FM

MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009 at 7:30 AM PST

KCMN-AM/Colorado Springs CO 10 min
Tron Simpson, top-rated AM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2009 at 7:05 AM PST

WHO-AM/Des Moines, Iowa 30 minutes
"The Jan Mickelson Show," 50,000 watts

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009 from 12 to 5 AM PST

WBZ-AM/Boston 15 min
"The Jordan Rich Show"

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 at 6:40 AM PST

KFRU-AM/Columbia, Mo
"The David Lile Show" 10 minutes

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM PST

KTLK-AM/Los Angeles CA,
The Mario Solis Marich Show 10 min
50,000 watts

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 at 6:00 AM PST

WRVC-AM/Huntington, W.V.
"Viewpoint" with Jean Dean 25 minutes

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 8:30 AM PST

Sirius X/M Satellite Radio/Washington 10 min
'60/20 Sports'
James Carville and Luke Russert

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 5:00 AM PST

KQRS-FM / Minneapolis, MN
"The Morning Show" 10 min
100,000 watts

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009 9:00 AM PST

KOGO-AM / San Diego CA
"Money In The Morning" 30 min

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009 5:10 AM PST
WMJI-FM / Cleveland, OH 10 minutes
"Lanigan & Malone Show" 50,000 watts