Literary Death Match: Suah, Smith, Gauvin + McKay

Oakland, we’re back! Literary Death Match is teaming with the masterminds at ALTA (The American Literary Translators Association) for an all-out night of brilliant lit that’ll pit translators versus the translated, plus comedic stylings and enough tomfoolery to bring you to your feet. Don’t miss it, people!

What is Literary Death Match? We feature four writers who read their own work for seven minutes or less, who are then judged by three all-star judges. They select two finalists to compete in the Literary Death Match finale, a vaguely-literary game to decide the ultimate winner.

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JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Andrew Lam, PEN Open Book Award-winning author of Perfume Dreams and Birds of Paradise Lost
Performance: Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, comedian, winner of Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award (recent winners: Samantha Bee & Wanda Sykes)
Intangibles: Lydia Popovich, comedian, named SF Weekly’s #1 Artist to Watch in 2016

READERS:
* Bae Suah, multi-award winning South Korean author of A Greater Music and Nowhere to Be Found
* Deborah Smith, co-winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016 for The Vegetarian by Han Kang
* Edward Gauvin, writer, award-winning translator and two-time Eisner Award nominee
* Becka McKay, translator, poet and author of A Meteorologist in the Promised Land

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga. Produced by Brittany Penzer & Chad Post.

Where: Ultra Shadow Lounge, 341 13th St, Oakland (map) 
When: show at 7:30pm sharp, doors at 6:30pm (afterdrinks after!)
Cost: $5 (click to preorder now!)