Twin Cities, Ep. 12

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.

Here is the full lineup from the night of:

JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
Performance: Barb Abney, radio DJ, Afghan Whigs lover
Intangibles: Mark Mallman, film composer, musician behind 8 albums including The End Is Not The End

READERS:
Round 1
* Katie Sisneros, founding editor of The Tangential
* Lara Mimosa Montes, author of the forthcoming The Somnambulist; featured in Fence and BOMB
Round 2
* Aby Wolf, vocalist and musician behind the album Wolf Lords
* Safy-Hallan Farah, writer and editor featured in Elle, Nylon, Pitchfork, Buzzfeed and The Guardian

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga. Produced by Sarah Moeding.

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