April 9, 2015 — An event five years in the make, Literary Death Match returned to glorious Dallas, where we teamed with the masterminds at Deep Vellum for a night at The Texas Theatre.
Lineup…
JUDGES:
Ben Fountain, award-winning author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Brief Encounters with Che Guevara
Alice Laussade, James Beard Award-winner for Humor and CEO of Meat Fight
Tim Rogers, Editor of D Magazine and National Magazine Award-winning journalist
READERS:
J. Suzanne Frank, director of The Writer's Path at SMU, author of Laws of Migration
Joaquin Zihuatanejo, a poet, spoken word artist featured on Def Poetry Jam and award-winning teacher
Will Clarke, author of The Worthy: A Ghost's Story and Lord Vishnu's Love Handles
Merritt Tierce, author of Love Me Back and a 2013 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Author
Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga
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