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SUMMARY:Literary Death Match & Festival Club Reception
DESCRIPTION:Literary Death Match marries the literary and performative aspects of Def Poetry Jam\, rapier-witted quips of American Idol’s judging (without any meanness)\, and the ridiculousness and hilarity of Double Dare. \nEach episode of this competitive\, humor-centric reading series features a thrilling mix of four famous and emerging authors (all representing a literary publication\, press or concern online\, in print or live) who perform their most electric writing in seven minutes or less before a lively audience and a panel of three all-star judges. After each pair of readings\, the judges–focused on literary merit\, performance and intangibles–take turns spouting hilarious\, off-the-wall commentary about each story\, then select their favorite to advance to the finals. \nThe two finalists then compete in the Literary Death Match finale\, which trades in the show’s literary sensibility for an absurd and comical climax to determine who takes home the Literary Death Match crown. \nIt may sound like a circus–and that’s half the point. Literary Death Match is passionate about inspecting new and innovative ways to present text off the page\, and the most fascinating part about the LDM is how seriously attentive the audience is during each reading. We’ve called this the great literary ruse: an audacious and inviting title\, a harebrained finale\, but in-between the judging creates a relationship with the viewer as a judge themselves. \nFESTIVAL RECEPTION + LDM LIVE TICKETS \n\nReception at the Empire from 5:30 – 7:00 pm (includes The Last Word cocktails\, Old Main Association appetizers\, and live music by National Standard)\nOrchestra level seating at $50/seat or $300/reserved table for four\nScroll down to register for Reception + LDM Live tickets!\n\nLDM LIVE TICKETS \n\nLive music by National Standard from 5:30 – 6:30 (includes cash bar)\nMezzanine level seating (2nd floor) at $10/seat\nEmpire Theatre event page\nPurchase $10 LDM Live tickets (redirected to Ticketmaster)\n\nCONTESTANTS: \nSara Benincasa\, comedian and author of the books DC Trip\, Great\, andAgorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom\nJamie Brickhouse\, author of Dangerous When Wet\nDavid Crabb\, author of Bad Kid: A Memoir\, performer\, writer\, teacher & storyteller in New York City\nJoaquin Zihuatanejo\, author of Fight: Poems \nJUDGES: \nLiterary Merit: Coleen Grissom\, author and Trinity University professor\nPerformance: Zach Anner\, comedian and author of If at Birth You Don’t Succeed \nIntangibles: Sandra Valls\, comic\, “The Latin Divas of Comedy” \n“…the most entertaining reading series ever.” \n—LA Times
URL:https://sabookfestival.org/event/literary-death-match-festival-club-reception/
LOCATION:Charline McCombs Empire Theatre\, 224 E. Houston Street\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literary Death Match
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