In what was one of the greatest nights of our 2014, we teamed with the Southern Festival of Booksand Third Man Records for a wild night of literary wizardry, knee-slapping judgment, and a closing speech for the ages. (October 11, 2014)


JUDGES: 


Literary Merit: judges: Antonya Nelson, multi-award winning author of nine books, including Funny Once


Performance: Teresa Mason, owner of Mas Tacos


Intangibles: Ben Swank, former Soledad Brothers drummer and cofounder of Third Man Records


READERS: 


* Abraham Smith, poet and author of Hank and Whim Man Mammon


*Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the award-winning Corpus Christi and the all-new Remember Me Like This


* Adrian Matejka, Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist for his book The Big Smoke 


Patricia Lockwood, author of Balloon Pop Outlaw Black who’s been featured in the New Yorker and Tin House


Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga


 


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