New Orleans, Ep. 1

March 26, 2010 — The Big Easy's Literary Death Match debut, teamed with the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, was an absolute classic, as Babylon Rolling author Amanda Boyden took home the title by outpacing Arthur Phillips (a five-time Jeopardy! champion and author of The Song Is You) in a Tennessee Williams/Who Dat? finale compilation that had Boyden beating Phillips 13.3 seconds to 20.4. 

But long before the finale, the night kicked off at One Eyed Jacks with Boyden taking on masterful performance poet Chuck Perkins who delivered a varied and brilliant poetic trifecta before Boyden

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NYC, Ep. 24

March 18, 2010 — The pen proved mighty as always at the LDM NYC 24 at Bowery Poetry Club, though all swords were kept hidden by the pacifistic crowd, precluding comparison between the two contending tools. Oh well. Joined by first-time co-host Bernie Kravitz, Opium’s own Todd Zuniga opted to crash his own party with his somber announcement that it would be his last Literary Death Match as a resident of NYC for the foreseeable future (Paris, here he comes).

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SF, Ep. 27

March 12, 2010 — Raucous readings. Hilarious tales of personal highs and lows. An Elbo Room so packed it should have to change its name. But in the end, the never-less-than-sidesplittingly-funny Ali Liebegott (The IHOP Papers) reigned victorious, and deservedly so, after first-round winner Tania Katan (My One Night Stand With Cancer) narrowly lost The Shortest Spelling Bee in Modern History finale. 

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Savannah, Ep. 1

March 11, 2010 — The Literary Death Match's deep south debut at Blowin’ Smoke was a boisterous clash that ended with Zach Powers out-Georgia peach-tossing co-finalist Adam Davies to claim Georgia's first-ever Literary Death Match title.

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Dublin, Ep. 1

March 5, 2010 — A debut for the ages, Dublin's lit-lovers came out in full force to witness Literary Death Match Dublin's inaugural event at The Sugar Club, a storied battle that  concluded with Nuala Ní Chonchúir narrowly out-potato-hurling Brian O'Connell in a titan-like clash of Throw the Spud Through the Literary Master's Puncture, winning 3-2, and capturing Ireland's first-ever LDM crown.  

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London, Ep. 4

February 24, 2010 — The Literary Death Matches 4th London episode at The Book Club — alongside the brilliant YARN Festival — was jam-packed with onlookers, levity, talent and enough smart-spun judging quips to make the whole matter a must-see. In the end, finalists Richard Milward (representing Faber) narrowly topped The Book Club Boutique's Salena Godden in a wild game of Springtime Olympic Cadbury Egg Bowling® that saw Milward fill both Jane Austen and W.B. Yeats wide maws with rolled choco-eggs, and thus raise himself to the rare standard of Literary Death Match immortality. 

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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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SF, Ep. 26

February 12, 2010 — An epic night—referred to some as "the best LDM in SF ever"—ended with Dylan Schaffer out-chocolate-launching Valentine's Day chocolates into the mouths of famous love writers (Pablo Neruda, Danielle Steele, and Sigmund Freud), narrowly edging out Samantha Schoech to snare the LDM championship. 

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Baltimore, Ep. 1

January 30, 2010—Blizzard-like conditions in Charm City didn't stall Baltimore's epic Literary Death Match debut, as hardcore lit enthusiasts slipped-and-slid into the excellent Windup Space for a Mob City clash that featured Publishing Genius' Mike Young outscribbling Barrelhouse's Dave Housley in a Sharpie-fueled Draw the Judges in 20-Seconds or Less™ throwdown, and made Young the latest LDM champion. 

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NYC, Ep. 22

January 21, 2010—An inspired LDM NYC, Ep. 22 was rife with brilliance at New York City's Bowery Poetry Club, as SWEET: Actors Reading Writers rep Nelly Reifler narrowly outshone New York Tyrant rep Christopher Kennedy in an a awards acceptance speech-off that made her the Literary Death Match Champion.

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