Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 2:53PM May 16, 2018 — On a grand night in Minneapolis, Literary Death Match returned to Nomad World Pub to celebrate the launch of Adrian Todd Zuniga's debut novel (Collision Theory), on a night that ended with Su Hwang toppling co-finalist Khary Jackson in a sudden-death Arithme-Lit finale to win Hwang the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 13 crown and literary immortality to go with it.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 11:33AM September 28, 2016 — To close out September, Literary Death Match returned to Minneapolis for a Twin Cities spectacular at the Nomad World Pub that saw Lara Mimosa Montes narrowly claim victory over Safy-Hallan Farah in a game of Lone Star Lit II to win Montes the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 12 crown and literary immortality along with it.
Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 1:25PM November 14, 2015 — For our Bluegrass State debut, Literary Death Match teamed with the bright minds at Louisville Literary Arts for their Writer's Block Festival to put together a wild and wily night at the Haymarket Whiskey Bar that ended with Hannah Pittard outdueling Gabe Tomlin in a Lone Star Lit finale to win her the LDM Louisville, Ep. 1 crown.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 12:45PM November 20, 2013 — To celebrate our 10th-ever Twin Cities episode Literary Death Match teamed with some of the region's lit-finest (Paper Darts, Revolver & The Tangential) at St. Paul's Amsterdam Bar & Hall to witness Team Neil Hilborn outduel Team Andy Sturdevant by a closer-than-it-appears final score of 55-30 to win Hilborn the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 10 crown.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 3:14PM May 8, 2013 — To kick off our planet-hopping May tour, Literary Death Match returned to magical Minneapolis (and more specifically Nomad World Pub) for a humdinger of a night that finished with Allegra Lingo outdueling Christy Marie Kent 3-1 in a raucous game of Literary Pictionary that won Lingo the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 9 crown.
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 6:36PM The blood-thirsty crowds that packed The Nomad World Pub to celebrate LDM's 8th visit to Minneapolis (plus the launch of Lara Avery's Anything But Ordinary) saw the closest LDM finish in history as poet Heid E. Erdrich outdueled R. Vincent Moniz, Jr. in a Books by Numbers finale, winning by a final score of 2287 to 2286 to win her the LDM Twin Cities crown!
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 7:13AM June 6, 2012 – Congratulations to Stephanie Wilbur Ash, Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Ep. 7 champion and thanks to The Loft Literary Center for presenting LDM Twin Cities! To see how it all went down, check out the writeup by Mill City Bibliophile's Patrick Nathan by clicking below. Must-read internet recapping, indeed!
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 12:53PM March 1, 2012 — On a wintry, throat-aggressing evening at Nomad World Pub, gobs upon gobs of literary and charming talent were on display to see Coffee House Press rep Kao Kalia Yang outduel Sarah Stonich (author of Shelter and The Ice Chorus) in a Neil Gaiman Cupcake Celebration that won her the Literary Death Match Twin Cities, Ep. 6 crown. For all the gory details, click for Patrick Nathan's fantastic writeup.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 11:38AM October 20, 2011 — In an epic confrontation in the land of 10,000 lakes (though we only counted 15 from our plane window), the Nomad World Pub played house to one of the most electrifying comeback victories in LDM history as winner Peter Bognanni overcame a 5-1 "Cyrillic-Off" deficit to storm to a 8-6 win over brilliant co-finalist Cole “Inky” Sarar, winning him the Literary Death Match crown.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 5:32PM June 5, 2011 — On a wonderfully steamy northern night at Aster Cafe, literary history was made as Jessica Fox-Wilson narrowly outshined co-finalist Geoff Herbach in a down-to-the-wire game of Literary Card Sharks to take the Literary Death Match crown by a final score of 5-3.