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Thursday
Oct282010

LDM100: Kansas City

October 28, 2010 — A brilliant mid-midwestern evening at The Brick gone perfect, ended with Reading Reptile rep Gina Kaufmann winning the LDM crown by narrowly outmaneuvering One Story co-finalist Cote Smith 6-5 in a super-tight battle of KC Literary-Celebrity-and-Otherwise Card Sharks.

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Tuesday
Oct262010

LDM100: Twin Cities

October 26, 2010 — A brilliant LDM100: Twin Cities celebration ended with a down-to-the-wire "Poet vs. Madman" battle, that saw Maggie Ryan Sandford outduel co-finalist Curt Lund by a final score of 8.5 to 8, winning her the LDM crown. 

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Thursday
Oct212010

LDM100: NYC

October 21, 2010 — On a historic night for Literary Death Match — and a historic evening from wire to wire — the LDM100: NYC celebration concluded in a knock-down drag-out Literary Name That Tune that ended with Team Rick Moody out-guessing Team Amanda Filipacchi by a narrow 7-5 score to claim the LDM crown.

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Tuesday
Oct192010

LDM100: Boston

October 19, 2010 — In a wildly senseless (and wonderfully disorganized) finale at Cambridge's Enormous Room, the LDM100: Boston event ended with Elizabeth Searle winning the Social Network Literary Friend-a-Thon and the LDM crown by a score of 13-11 against fellow co-finalist Kelly Link.

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Saturday
Oct162010

LDM100: Austin

October 16, 2010 — Before a brilliant and energetic audience at the Texas Book Festival, journalist Hank Stuever's three-person team outsat Team Bob Shea, in a dramatic, Texan-skewed game of Muzakal Chairs — winning Stuever the LDM crown.

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Thursday
Oct142010

LDM100: LA

October 14, 2010 — Before a packed Mountain Bar house in LA's Chinatown, Seth Greenland's winning memory was the final checked box on a memorable night, as he out-scored co-finalist Jennine Capó Crucet by a score of 9-5 in a hotly contested battle of Literary Memory to win the LDM100: LA crown.

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Wednesday
Oct132010

LDM100: London

October 13, 2010 — So LDM London returned to Concrete in Shoreditch to celebrate LDM100: London, with Bruno Vincent losing by a mere one point to Year Zero Writer Dan Holloway in a mind-blowing memory game of Literary Pairs. 

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Monday
Oct112010

LDM100: San Diego

October 12, 2010 — An electric night in America's Finest City — at the peerlessly named El Take It Easy — finished fantastically with Big Lonesome author Jim Ruland outdrawing short storyteller specialist Jess Jollett 2-0 to claim San Diego's second-ever LDM crown.

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Friday
Oct082010

LDM100: Vancouver

October 8, 2010 — The LDM100 tour epically continued with the Literary Death Match's Canadian debut at W2 Storyeum. The night of lit nerdistry to remember ended with performer/humorist Sara Bynoe outshining co-finalist/journalist Steve Burgess in a tightly contested LDM Songstravaganza by a final score of 7-5.

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Wednesday
Oct062010

LDM100: SF

October 6, 2010 — The kick off for the LDM100 tour at San Francisco's Litquake was nothing short of spectacular, with a wild centurial finale that saw Jason Bayani outduel fellow finalist Kari Kiernan 11-6 in a 100-second book stack competition that changed the face of literature forever.

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