A jolt of literary fun that blends the performative aspects of Def Poetry Jam, the rapier-quick quips of American Idol (without all the meanness), and the absurdity of Double Dare.
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- Opium9 Launch Party!/Literary ...
Bowery Poetry Club ($10 = free mag!)
Thursday, November 19 at 8:05pm - SF Literary Death Match, Episo...
The Elbo Room
Friday, November 13 at 6:30pm - Literary Death Match Portland,...
The Blue Monk
Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm - Literary Death Match Portland,...
The Blue Monk
Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm - Literary Death Match Seattle, ...
Re-bar
Wednesday, November 11 at 8:00pm - Literary Death Match Seattle, ...
Re-Bar
Wednesday, November 11 at 8:00pm - Literary Death Match London, E...
Old Queen's Head
Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00pm - Literary Death Match London, E...
Old Queen's Head
Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00pm - Literary Death Match London, E...
Old Queen's Head
Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00pm - Literary Death Match NYC, Ep 19
Bowery Poetry Club ($10)
Thursday, October 29 at 8:00pm
Literary Death Match LDM NY in the NYT's Urban Eye - http://bit.ly/3l6IVJ
Literary Death Match Review of last Thursday's LDM in Seattle: http://bit.ly/1YEf05 Includes quote from judge Scott Poole, "It made me feel like a hobo reading Vanity Fair in a dumpster and getting a hard-on from smelling the perfume ad."
Literary Death Match Blog post on tonight's LDM SF competitor D.W. Lichtenberg from his friends at Fourteen Hills: http://bit.ly/2P2j2Q
Literary Death Match
To celebrate the launch of Opium9: The Mania Issue, LDM NYC, Ep. 20 brings together a set of comedy writers that will hilarify, titillate and—possibly—overjoy. See readers Jon Friedman (The Rejection Show), Teddy Wayne (Kapitoil), Sarah Walker (Really, You've Done Enough) and Edith Zimmerman, all judged by brilliant sc...ribe Terese Svoboda, author/humorist Mishna Wolff and a superstar guest-judge, to be announced!
Hosted by Opium founding editor Todd Zuniga & superagent Erin Hosier.
Free entry to this and any other LDM on the planet if you pre-order Opium9 for $10.80 (+ shipping)!
Can't make it? Pre-order for a discounted rate! opiummagazine.com/opium9/
Doors: 7:30.
Show: 8:05 (sharp!)
After-Party at Von: 10 p.m.
SPONSORED BY: Against Nature (againstnaturenyc.com/)
It's going to be so, so funny.
Time:8:05PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Bowery Poetry Club ($10 = free mag!)
Literary Death Match "Finally, somebody's figured out how to make literature competitive and, therefore, sexy..." about LDM Seattle tonite: http://bit.ly/15AAwE
Literary Death Match
Facebook event page for LDM SF this Friday, 11/13. RSVP and pass it on! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16
Location:The Elbo Room
Time:6:30PM Friday, November 13th
Literary Death Match
LDM San Francisco is this Friday, 11/13 at Elbo Room, 6:30 pm. Sliding scale advanced tickets available: http://bit.ly/JcAJ5
More info: http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/upcomi
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November's Literary Death Match promises to be a true and mighty battle with literary superstars, Shanthi Sekaran (The Prayer Room), Charlie Haas (The Enthusiast), Seth Harwood (Jack Wakes Up), and D.W. ...
Literary Death Match Oxford LDM contestant and finalist Miranda Ward tells all! http://bit.ly/2SKlaL
Literary Death Match
We're excited to offer an OPIUM9/LDM SPECIAL OFFER!
Pre-order Opium9 and get into any LDM in 2009 free of charge (Seattle! Portland! SF! NYC!) http://bit.ly/uGaOA
Literary Death Match The LDM Portland lineup (who's versus who) is now to-be-seen! Glimpse it now, on this here flyer.
Literary Death Match
To fundraise for Opium Magazine's 9th print edition (The Mania Issue), we're bringing our signature reading series for a all-star Portland debut. Don’t miss New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Cain (Evil at Heart, Minotaur Books, 2009), OPB’s poet in residence Scott Poole (author of Hiding From Salesmen, Lost Hor...se Press, 2002), and alternative rock goddess Zia McCabe (The Dandy Warhols) as they exercise their keen literary sensibilities...or something close enough.
At the mic reading, comers will hear eight-minute or less readings by Jeff Hardison (advertiser by day, performer by night—Five Things Portland Can Learn From Kentucky in Five Minutes; representing Back Fence), Riley Michael Parker (author of Our Beloved 26th, Future Tense Books, 2008; representing Future Tense), Kerry Cohen (author of Loose Girl, Hyperion, 2008; representing Writer’s Dojo), and Arthur Bradford (Dog Walker, Knopf, 2001; representing Tin House).
Hosted by Opium Magazine's Todd Zuniga.
Produced by Heather Sharfeddin and Jim Frost.
When: Thursday November 12th; doors open at 7:30, show at 8:30 p.m. (sharp!)
Where: The Blue Monk (basement lounge), 3341 SE Belmont
Cost: $10 at the door; $8 if you pre-order
After party: The Blue Monk @ 10:00 p.m.
Fundraiser to support Opium Magazine's 9th Issue!
Time:7:00PM Thursday, November 12th
Location:The Blue Monk
Literary Death Match
Help us raise funds for the publishing of Opium Magazine's 9th Issue!
Seattle’s second-ever Literary Death Match is a wild cross-disciplinary shootout, with readers running the gamut from daring literary adventurers Stacey Levine (winner of the PEN/West Fiction Award for My Horse and Other Stories) and Aaron Dietz (Res...erved for Emperors) to boundary-bending performers Kelleen Conway Blanchard (playwright of Small Town) and Danbert Nobacon (lead singer of Chumbawumba).
All-star judges Paul Constant (of The Stranger), Maria Semple (This One Is Mine; ex-writer for Arrested Development), and Jonathan Evison (All About Lulu) preside.
Hosted by Opium's founding editor Todd Zuniga.
Produced by Ben Blum.
When: Wednesday, November 11; doors at 8:00, show at 9:00 (sharp!)
Where: Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (map)
Cost: $10 at the door; $8 if you pre-order here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/8
After party: Hang around Re-bar for DJs and drinks.
Fundraiser to support Opium Magazine's 9th Issue!
Time:8:00PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Re-Bar
