Miami, Ep. 9

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.

Here's the full lineup from the night:

JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling and the Destroyer comics series
Performance: Annabelle Gurwitch, author of Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To
Intangibles: Ben Katchor, author of Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay

READERS:
Round 1:
* Chen Chen, author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
* Eurydice Kamvyselli, author of Satyricon USA

Round 2:
* T'ai Freedom Ford, author of how to get over
* Stephen Elliott, author of Sometimes I Think About It

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga.

Where: The Standard Hotel on Miami Beach, 40 Island Ave, Miami Beach (map)
When: Show at 8pm
Cost: Free