Ogden, Ep. 1

October 5, 2019 — In our grand debut in Ogden, Utah, Literary Death Match teamed with the brilliant Utah Humanities Book Festival for a night of literature, comedy, and absurdity that saw Laura Stott topple David Lindes in a hotly-contested battle of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders that went down to the wire, winning Stott the LDM Ogden, Ep. 1 crown, and literary immortality to go with it. 

Here's the full lineup from the night-of:

Judges: 
Literary Merit: Kara van de Graaf, poet, teacher, and editor living in Salt Lake City

Performance: Amir Jackson, poet, and founder of Nurture The Creative Mind

Intangibles: Molly Gaudry, founder of Lit Pub and the author of We Take Me Apart, a finalist for the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry and shortlisted for the PEN/Osterweil Award

Readers: 
Round 1: 
* David Lindes, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
* Jake Alvey, poet, musician, voice actor

Round 2: 
* Jan Bottiglieri, author of Everything Seems Significant​: The Blade Runner Poems
* Laura Stott, poet and author of In the Museum of Coming and Going

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga (author of Collision Theory).