Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 5:21AM November 15, 2023 — After five years away, Literary Death Match returned to Boston — or, really, Cambridge — for a wondrous affair at The Brattle that saw Desmond Hall outlast co-finalist E.B. Bartels in a down-to-the-wire Arithme-Lit finale that won Hall the LDM Boston, Ep. 17 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 6:08AM September 11, 2018 — After three-and-a-half years away, Literary Death Match returned to Boston for a genius night of weirdness and literary triumph, that saw Jonathan Escoffery outduel fellow finalist Serina Gousby in a down-to-the-wire battle of Arithme-Lit to win Escoffery the LDM Boston, Ep. 16 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 10:03AM April 22, 2015 — After more than a year away from Beantown (we missed you!), Literary Death Match returned in a blaze of lit and comedic glory for a night of every which awesome imaginable that ended with Javed Jahangir outlasting Stacey Resnikoff in a wild game of Literary Charades, winning Jahangir the LDM Boston, Ep. 15 crown.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 1:57PM February 18, 2014 — On an icy night in Boston, a literary dust-up for the ages heated things way up at Laugh Boston as Emma Rosenberg outdueled Matthew Dicks in a One Star Wonder finale by a closer-than-it-seemed 49-21 final, winning Rosenberg the LDM Boston, Ep. 14 crown.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 8:54PM October 2, 2013 — O, Boston, our Boston! After a summer away, Literary Death Match returned to Club OBERON for a blazing-hot October fun-tacular that ended with Steven Brykman narrowly winning over co-finalist Jenn De Leon in a Quiz of Death finale by a final score of 7 1/2 to 6 to win Brykman the LDM Boston, Ep. 13 crown.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 12:49AM May 14, 2013 — Following up on our 7-year anniversary celebration, Literary Death Match returned to Club OBERON in Cambridge for an enchanting night of gleeful whimsy that saw Kim Adrian outduel co-finalist Jacquetta Szathmari 9-3 in a Pulitzer Pictionary finale that went down to the wire, winning Adrian the LDM Boston, Ep. 12 championship.
Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:37PM March 8, 2013 — In an AWP classic to remember, Literary Death Match's 7-Year Spectacular — presented by Painted Bride Quarterly & Brookline Booksmith — threw caution to the win, and cupcakes, too as the wild finale featured finalists Andre Dubus III and Sarah Shun-lien Bynum in Cupcake Shootout that Dubus won by a "George Saunders soul patch," winning the LDM Boston, Ep. 11 at AWP crown!
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 1:23PM November 14, 2012 — It was a chilly night outside, but inside Club OBERON's wonderful walls, Literary Death Match Boston turned 10 episodes young, with a brilliant event that saw Team Katherine Hill outduel Team Chris Braiotta in a Literary Pictionary battle by a score of 3-1 to win her the LDM Boston, Ep. 10 crown.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 6:30AM September 12, 2012 — Before a jam-packed Club OBERON, Literary Death Match returned to Boston — the perfect kickoff spot for our 7-city/10-day LDM TV Pilot tour (help fund us on Kickstarter!) — and the wild and talent-fueled night ended with Baratunde Thurston out-scoring co-finalist Carissa Halston in a Literary Card Sharks finale, as he pulled out a closer-than-it-seemed 8-4 victory to win the LDM Boston crown.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 11:09PM June 7, 2012 — Before the filled-to-the-brim Comedy Studio audience, wit and whimsy were on recurrent display, with Grub Street instructor and short-story master Chip Cheek outdueling PEN New England Award for Fiction winner Anne Sanow (author of Triple Time) in a Author Jumble finale that won Cheek the LDM Boston, Ep. 8 crown!
