![Loading Events](https://cdn.sixthandi.org/wp/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/resources/images/tribe-loading.gif)
Venue:
Sixth & I
Literary Death Match
- This event has passed.
Featured in over 50 cities worldwide, the contest brings together four authors to read their most electric writing before a panel of three all-star judges. Two finalists emerge to compete in a vaguely literary competition to determine who takes home the LDM crown.
JUDGES:
Literary Merit: Dan Kois, editor of Slate ‘s Book Review and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.
Performance: Lisa Bonos, assistant editor for Washington Post‘s Outlook section
Intangibles: Eric Schulze, co-founder and creative director at thirstDC, molecular biologist & Sagan acolyte
READERS:
Larry Doyle, Emmy and Thurber Award-winning author of I Love you Beth Cooper
Danielle Evans, multi-award winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Elizabeth Winder, author of Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
Regie Cabico, poet and spoken word artist featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam
-
Jul 31, 2024 • 7:00 pm ET
Joan Baez
In Conversation with Ari Shapiro
-
Aug 14, 2024 • 7:00 pm ET
Brian Tyler Cohen with Jen Psaki
In Conversation with Shaniqua McClendon
-
Aug 17, 2024 • 7:30 pm ET
Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack
With Special Guest Martin Sheen
-
Sep 4, 2024 • 7:00 pm ET
Joe Yonan
In Conversation with Chef Rob Rubba
-
Sep 7, 2024 • 8:00 pm ET
CANCELED – Nick Mulvey
First Mind 10th Anniversary Tour 2024
-
Sep 12, 2024 • 8:00 pm ET
JOSEPH: Celebrating 10 Years
with Becca Mancari
-
Sep 14, 2024 • 7:30 pm ET
Judge John Hodgman Podcast
-
Sep 17, 2024 • 7:00 pm ET
Foreign Policy’s “Ones and Tooze” Podcast
-
Sep 18, 2024 • 7:00 pm ET
Connie Chung
In Conversation with Maury Povich
-
Oct 22, 2024 • 8:00 pm ET
Joan Osborne and Joshua Radin
-
Dec 14, 2024 • 8:00 pm ET
Stephen Wilson Jr.
-
Feb 1, 2025 • 7:30 pm ET
Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano
Broadway en Spanglish