LA, Ep. 48

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.

Here's the full lineup from the night:

JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Amy Aniobi, TV writer and producer of HBO's Insecure and 2 Dope Queens
Performance: Jackie Tohn, comedian and actor starring in GLOW (Netflix) and A Futile & Stupid Gesture (as Gilda Radner)
Intangibles: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, playwright and actor featured in The Chi, The Knick, Treme and Blood Diamond
Super-Intangibles: Grace Helbig, star of smash-hit YouTube shows it'sGrace and the all-new This Might Get..., and author of Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It

READERS:
Round 1:
* Morgan Parker, poet, Cave Canem fellow and author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé and Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night
* Dana Schwartz , journalist (Entertainment Weekly), author (And We're Off and Choose Your Own Disaster, 6/18), and @GuyInYourMFA

Round 2:
* Jimmy O. Yang, actor (HBO's Silicon Valley), stand-up comedian and author of How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
*  Rico Gagliano, award-winning co-host/creator of Dinner Party Download, journalist and co-author of Brunch Is Hell: How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga. Produced by Sarah Casolaro.

Where: Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 Wilshire Blvd, LA (map)