LA, Ep. 5

January 26, 2012 — On a downright magical night, Literary Death Match declared LA its home before a jam-packed house at Busby's East, followed by a nonstop series of hilarity, tenderness, fabulism, wordplay and beyond, which finished with Matthew Specktor nipping Ben Loory in a literary spelling bee by a razor-close margin, nailing "Ondaatje" to give him a 17-16 lead, and the LDM LA, Ep. 5 crown. 

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February 16, 2012

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In the wet throes of UK winter, Literary Death Match returns to our London home at Concrete with a sizzling lineup that'll expand your brain and put your midriff muscles to work. This one is going to be epic. 

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February 24, 2012

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After an all-star January LDM SF to remember, Literary Death Match makes it back-to-back months in SF for the first time in, like, forever — this time at Beatbox — with a ridiculously talent-infused lineup, and some of the most entertaining judges we've ever seen.

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March 1, 2012

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Named "LDM's Favorite City" in 2011, we're thrilled to return to Minneapolis and the Nomad World Pub for another Twin Cities showdown that will shock, awe, and fill every single attendee with a kneecap-tingling feeling best described as "absolute wonder." 

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March 2, 2012 (at AWP)

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To celebrate our 200th episode at Buddy Guy's Legends, we're teaming with Versal and Painted Bride Quarterly for Literary Death Match: Journal Porn Edition at AWP, and we've assembled the most colossally-awarded lineup of literary superstars ever to participate in a LDM ever before. Other plans? Cancel them. This is going to be a sexy-literary-comedic night to remember!

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March 6, 2012

The details are murky, and we're going to leave them that way, but brace yourselves for the Literary Death Match 6-Year-Anniversary Spectacular, with some of the most talented people on the face of NYC — or anyone's — planet. Our point is: save the date. 

March 7, 2012

We can't stand the idea of LDM's six-year anniversary celebration being a one-night-only affair (after all, our 100th event happened 12 times around the world), so we're keeping the party going with a return to DC9 presented by 826DC (volunteer now!), for a night of literary spectacle and comedic sensation. Save the date, as the lineup will blow your brainpan. 

March 8, 2012

Let the six-year anniversary of Literary Death Match roll on! To celebrate six years (and the LA Times kindly calling us "one of the most entertaining reading series ever") we're storming Beantown, once again at Oberon, with more artistry than Tree of Life and more thoughtful, silent pauses than The Artist. Get ready for a rollickin' good time! 

March 12, 2012

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In an ongoing celebration of our six-year anniversary, Literary Death Match is teaming with the brainiacs at Writers' Centre Norwich to put on a show at Norwich Arts Centre that promises to be a rollicking literary and comedic bash for the English ages. 

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March 27, 2012

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Literary Death Match has made no secret of its distracting crush on Scotland, which is why we're returning to the UK's lone City of Lit — and the Voodoo Rooms — for a Birlinn & Polygon-presented early-spring blowout featuring (honestly, really) some of the best names in Scottish literature.

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March 28, 2012

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The first Irish show of the year Literary Death Match returns to its Dublin home at The Workman's Club on the quays with a pulsating line-up that will not only get you drinking but will also get you doing a little thinking. 

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LDM DC, Ep. 2: Jamaal May

If you want your brain lit up with possibility, and the ache of heartbreak and want, listen to Jamaal May's performance at Literary Death Match DC, Ep. 2. It was exquisite, and it won't take up too much of your day. 

So, yeah, give a listen/watch. Spread the word. And we'll be more regularly-scheduled going forward. In fact: comment below on what you want from LDM the Podcast, if you'd like. We'll listen. 

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