BROOKLYN, New York – October 8, 2009 – Opium Magazine and the Literary Death Match announced their 19th New York City Literary Death Match taking place at the Bowery Poetry Club on Thursday, October 29 at 8:00 p.m.
Hosted by Opium's PR and Marketing Director, Kelly Helder, and Full Ginsburg writer/comedian Jared Bloom, the event will feature three all-star judges including Grove/Atlantic editor Amy Hundley, Colbert Report writer Peter Grosz and comedian Gabe Liedman.
They will wittily preside over four readers: Sarah Jane Stratford, author of Midnight Guardian; David Hollander, author of L.I.E.; Robert Lopez , author of Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River; and David Henry Sterry, editor of Hos, Hookers, Call-Girls, and Rent Boys: Prostitutes Writing on Life, Love, Work, Sex, and Money.
“As the Literary Death Match expands around the planet, New York City proves to be the place with the greatest mix of diverse talent, and this event is certainly proof,” Todd Zuniga, Opium’s founding editor. “It’s a thrill for us to present a former sex worker alongside a first-time novelist, a Colbert Report writer next to one of our favorite NYC comedians.”
In the past the event has featured Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), Tom Perrotta (author of Election and Little Children), Todd Barry (Flight of the Conchords, The Wrestler), Andrew Leland (of The Believer), Andrew Sean Greer (The Story of a Marriage), Moby (the musician) and Ben Greenman (editor at The New Yorker).
The show is $10 at the door and all proceeds benefit Opium for the Arts.
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About Opiumʼs Literary Death Match
The Literary Death Match, Opium Magazineʼs signature reading series, debuted in March 2006 in New York City. The competitive, humor-centric series features four readers, three guest-star judges and a hare-brained finale to decide the winner. Hosted by Opiumʼs founding editor, Todd Zuniga, the series expanded to San Francisco in 2007, and Beijing, Chicago and Denver in 2009, has featured 107 readers, 71 judges and over 3,500 attendees. The homepage, featuring write-ups from past events and videos of the finale, can be found at www.LiteraryDeathMatch.com.
About Opium Magazine
Opium Magazine, a subsidiary of Opium Den LLC and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, is a literary humor publication. The website has been updated daily since its 2001 debut, and the print magazine, designed by award-winning designer David Barringer, has been published semi-annually since August 2005. Contributors include fiction writers Etgar Keret and Aimee Bender, artist Chuck Close, humorist Jack Handey, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, playwright Neil Labute, and many others. Opiumʼs homepage is www.OpiumMagazine.com.
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