Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 2:53PM May 16, 2018 — On a grand night in Minneapolis, Literary Death Match returned to Nomad World Pub to celebrate the launch of Adrian Todd Zuniga's debut novel (Collision Theory), on a night that ended with Su Hwang toppling co-finalist Khary Jackson in a sudden-death Arithme-Lit finale to win Hwang the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 13 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Friday, April 20, 2018 at 2:03AM April 19, 2018 — To celebrate the launch of Adrian Todd Zuniga's debut novel (Collision Theory), Literary Death Match was at Dynasty Typewriter for the LA Times Festival of Books for a night that saw Rico Gagliano narrowly topple Morgan Parker in an Arithme-Lit finale, winning Gagliano the LDM LA, Ep. 48 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 11:47AM April 5, 2018 — Literary Death Match went back-to-back — two shows in two nights — and the second, at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, was excellence abound, as Sara Faith Alterman took down Matthew Siegel in a down-to-the-wire battle of Arithme-Lit to win Alterman the LDM SF, Ep. 66 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 8:37AM April 4, 2018 — LDM returne dto SF with a humdinger at The Battery that set the hearts and minds of onlookers aflame, as Baruch Porras-Hernandez toppled Faith Adiele in an epic Arithme-Lit finale that went down to the wire, winning Porras-Hernandez the LDM SF, Ep. 65 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 12:45PM March 14, 2018 — To serve as a brief break from the horrors of American politics, Literary Death Match returned to The Bell House for a spring spectacular that saw Simeon Marsalis outduel Safiya Sinclair in a wild Arithme-Lit finale, winning Marsalis the LDM Brooklyn crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 8:19AM March 10, 2018 — Literary Death Match's AWP Spectacular at the Vaughn Center — co-hosted by University of Tampa MFA, and co-presented by Burrow Press and Painted Bride Quarterly — was a revelation that saw Kazim Ali strive to victory in a nip-and-tuck Literary Spelling Bee III finale to win Ali the LDM Tampe, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Monday, January 1, 2018 at 9:27AM Thanks to the maniac in the White House, last year was a very difficult year. Every single freedom we have has been under attack, from the words journalists write, to the air we breathe, to the internet we use. We've had to contend with incivility that has shown us all the disgusting levels of racism, misogyny and exclusion that exist in America. It's been exhausting. I'm tired, but I'm not giving up. There is too much to protect.
Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 1:40PM November 18, 2017 — For our final Literary Death Match of 2017, we returned to the Miami Book Fair for an Author Party extravaganza at The Standard Hotel on Miami Beach which saw Chen Chen outduel T'ai Freedom Ford in a down-to-the-wire Literary Visual Riddles finale to win Chen the LDM Miami, Ep. 9 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 5:10PM November 4, 2017 — For our annual Austin drop-in, Literary Death Match once again teamed with the Texas Book Festival for a Lit Crawl-fueled night of splendiferousness at The North Door that saw Rakesh Satyal narrowly topple Melissa Febos in a wild Literary Spelling Bee III finale by a single point to win Satyal the LDM Austin, Ep. 12 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 4:44PM October 28, 2017 — In a debut for the ages, Literary Death Match teamed with the Festivalul Internațional de Literatură de la Timișoara, for a brilliant night at the gorgeous National Theatre and Opera House that ended with V. Leac (with help from first-round competitor Livia Ștefan) narrowly defeated Cosmina Moroșan in a Literary Visual Riddles finale by a 4-3 score to win V. Leac the LDM Timișoara, Ep. 1 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
