Friday, January 9, 2009 at 2:54PM Opium’s Literary Death Match Ep. 14 kicked off the New Year at a new venue--the Elbo Room--where, before a packed house, Veronica Chater of Memoir (and) adeptly recited Shakespeare while hula-hoop-ing to beat out co-semi-finalist, Katie Crouch.
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 2:56PM Like a deep-frying turkey, LDM SF XIII at Amnesia sizzled so vigorously it almost exploded. The show’s theme was Family Thanksgiving, and indeed the family jewels figured prominently in three readings. Nevertheless, a story about a man and a fish won the day (and the Literary Death Match championship) for Joshua Citrak of Slouch Magazine.