San Miguel, Ep. 2

February 14, 2020 — In our first event of the new decade, Literary Death Match once again teamed with the wonders at the San Miguel Writers' Conference for a magical afternoon in Mexico that saw Jim Ruland outduel co-finalist Gaia Schilke in a down-to-the-wire game of LDM Cabinet of Non-Wonders, willing Ruland the LDM San Miguel, Ep. 2 crown, and literary immortality to go with it. 

Here's the full lineup from the afternoon: 

Judges:
Literary Merit: Ian Williams, Giller Prize-winning novelist of Reproduction, Not Anyone’s Anything and Personals 

Performance: Ellen Sussman, New York Times bestselling novelist of A Wedding in Provence and The Paradise Guest House

Intangibles: Jamie Brickhouse, four-time MOTH Slam Champion storyteller, actor and author of Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex and my Mother 

Readers: 
Round 1: 
* Amy Gottlieb, author of The Beautiful Possible, finalist for 2017 Ribalow Prize, 2016 National Jewish Book Award & Edward Lewis Wallant Award
 

* Gaia Schilke, poet, visual artist and author of A Coney Island State of Mind 

Round 2: 
* Iraj Isaac Rahmim, two-time winner of Fugue’s First Prize who's writing has been selected five times as Best American Series Notable Essays

* Jim Ruland, award-winning author of Forest of Fortune and the upcoming Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga (author of Collision Theory).  Produced by Susan Page.

Where: Real de Minas Hotel Ballroom, Camino Viejo Al Panteón 1