In what we're hoping will be the greatest hour of literary wizardry of the summer, Literary Death Match is headed to the amaze and awe of Bumbershoot for a mid-afternoon spectacular that will wow, titillate, hilarify and other semi-real words. Don't miss it!

What is Literary Death Match? 4 authors read their own work for 6 minutes or less. They're judged by 3 all-star judges who respond (often comedically) to the work before choosing 2 finalists to compete in the LDM finale, a vaguely literary game (think Pin the Mustache on Hemingway) to decide the ultimate champion.

JUDGES: Literary Merit: David Schmader, writer, performer and associate editor at The Stranger Performance: TBA Intangibles: TBA

READERS: * Sara Benincasa, author of Great and one of Flavorwire's 25 Female Comedians Everyone Should Know
* Rachel Shukert, author of the Starstruck series, Everything is Going to be Great and Have You No Shame? * Jamaal May, poet and author of Hum, winner of the Beatrice Hawley Award * Peter Mountford, author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism and The Dismal Science

Hosted by LDM creator Adrian Todd Zuniga