NYC, Ep. 28

July 15, 2010 — Literary Death Match went all poetical for the event's 28th-ever NYC-based episode, that saw a breakneck game of Shove the Balloon through the Hoola Hoop won by Jon Sands over C.S. Carrier by a 4-1 margin. 

But before the first balloon was hoisted, LDM NYC Exec Producer Ann Heatherington and co-host Melissa Broder (When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother) and creator of The Polestar Poetry Series, commiserated about vermin, reviewed the rules of engagement, and brought out the trio of all-star judges: mega-watt poet Jeff McDaniel (Best American Poetry 1994 and New (American) Poets), high priestess of visual wordplay Kay Rosen (MoMA, The Whitney Museum) and Slam Master Flash Lynne Procope. 

Round one pitted one-man soul train Sands (representing Write Bloody Publishing) against verse virtuoso Michael Morse (representing Spinning Jenny).

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NYC, Ep. 23

February 18, 2010 — Lethal literature was unleashed at the latest LDM NYC's 23rd episode, but the death-defying contestants proved the event’s name fortunately misleading once again. Host and Opium’s own Todd Zuniga was joined by co-host Shelly Oria, who plugged the upcoming LDM Tel Aviv (in August).

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