Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:59PM February 15, 2019 — In our first-ever event South of the Border, Literary Death Match teamed with the wonders at the San Miguel Writers' Conference for a magical event that saw Victoria Zackheim topple Kent Evans in a down-to-the-wire Arithme-Lit finale, winning Zackheim the LDM San Miguel, Ep. 1 crown, and literary immortality to go with it.
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 1:28AM April 1, 2016 — For LDM's 10-year anniversary, we blew the doors off with our AWP Super-Spectacular at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, and set the LDM attendance record (801). Presented by 89.9 KCRW and co-presented by the Otherppl podcast and Painted Bride Quarterly, the talent-packed night ended with Kirstin Valdez Quade so-narrowly outdueling Danez Smith in overtime in a Literary Charades finale to win Quade the LDM LA, Ep. 42 crown.
Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:02PM Last year, our Year in Review took a turn — instead of focusing on the past year, it focused on the year ahead. And while 2015 was riddled with highlights (which we’ll open with), it's way more exciting to me to talk about our future. And we’ve got big ideas, and bigger plans, and I’m going to spill some of the beans here and now.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 8:57AM April 8, 2015 — After a year+ away, Literary Death Match returned to the Twin Cities for our annual AWP spectacular at Nomad World Pub. We teamed with Painted Bride Quarterly for an electric night of literature, comedy and genius that unfolded before a jam-packed house in which Mark Doten outlasted Claire Vaye Watkins in a back-and-forth battle of Literary Charades (led by Amber Tamblyn) that won Doten the LDM Twin Cities, Ep. 11 crown.
Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 3:50PM February 25, 2014 — On one of the great nights in Literary Death Match's storied history, we teamed with the Los Angeles Review of Books for an event at Largo at the Coronet that saw Kristin Newman outduel Brendan Constantine in a Pulitzer Prize Cyrillic-Off by a score of 14-13 to win her the LDM LA, Ep. 27 crown.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:01AM 12/12/12 — On "The Greatest Night in Literary History," LDM TV: The Pilot's second show (LA, Ep. 18 at Florentine Gardens) was a miracle of calamity and wonderment, as novelist Simon Rich out-score co-finalist and best-selling author Jillian Lauren in The Hunger Game — a mix of author-name unscrambling and cupcake-tossing in which Rich won the day by an 8-7 margin winning him the LDM TV: The Pilot crown.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:00AM 12/12/12 — Here’s what a LDM TV: The Pilot (a.k.a. "The Greatest Night in Literary History") looks like: regulation boxing ring, smoke machine, an amped crowd of 450, a guy in a weird Oriental-patterned suit, and a full bar. Oh, and a dream roster of talent – judges Jonathan Lethem, Michael C. Hall, and Tig Notaro, and four crazy talented and diverse readers. Here we go!