In our annual Magic City amazement, Literary Death Match returns to the Miami Book Fair International for an author party spectacular featuring some of the most talented authors ever assembled, in one literary, comedic, whimsical, oddball cavalcade that'll thrill you in every single direction. Note: This event is closed to the public (but will show up on iTunes — subscribe now!)

What is Literary Death Match? Four writers read their own work for five minutes or less, and are then judged by three all-star judges.

Two finalists are chosen to compete in the Literary Death Match finale, a vaguely-literary game to decide the ultimate winner.

JUDGES: Literary Merit: TBA Performance: Joy-Ann Reid, national MSNBC correspondent, author of Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide

Intangibles: Eric Bogosian, author of Operation Nemesis, actor (Law & Order), monologist and playwright

READERS: * Sara Benincasa, author of DC Trip and one of Flavorwire's 25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know

• Ben Mezrich, NY Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House, The Accidental Billionaires and Once Upon a Time in Russia

• Colin Channer, author of the poetry collection Providential and best-selling novel Waiting in Vain

• Meera Subramanian, award-winning journalist and author of A River Runs Again

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga.

Show at 8pm sharp; afterdrinks from 9!

Cost: This event is closed to the public (but will show up on iTunes — subscribe now!)