Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/14/2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Parkway Central Library
Categories
Allen Iverson was AI way before AI, as in Artificial Intelligence. In fact, as the original AI, he had natural court-smart intelligence like few ballers before or after him in the NBA. Hoop fans will love The Author Events Series presents Quiara Alegría Hudes and Ray Beauchamp — a conversation about the husband-and-wife authors’ new books, The White Hot and Misunderstood, which is about Iverson, Mr. Practice himself. With the couple Beauchamp and Hudes, we have a page-turning double booking. In Misunderstood, West Philly-raised Beauchamp is back on his home court chronicling Iverson’s rise from a downtrodden kid in the Virginia projects to his NBA Hall of Fame career with the Philadelphia 76ers. He also tells the story of everything in between including the beloved and oft-controversial star’s time at Georgetown University under big-time coach John Thompson. Iverson is Reebok’s Vice President of Basketball. Hudes’ The White Hot is written in the form of a letter from mother to daughter about abandonment. In the promotional material, Hades’ book is called “a short epic of self-discovery,” adding: “Hudes narrates [the main character] April’s story; spiritual and sexy, fierce and funny with delicate lyricism and tough love.” Writer Hudes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Water by the Spoonful,) and a Tony Award winner. Beauchamp is a New York criminal defense attorney and advocate for the rights of indigent people. He grew up as a 76ers fan who could not ignore the ebullient Iverson. Free admission, (donations are encouraged); the authors’ books are available to buy; 7 p.m. EST. Parkway Central Library,1901 Vine St. 215-567-4341 or https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/authorevents?id=160966