
Literary Death Match
Adrian Todd Zuniga, Jaquira Díaz, Etgar Keret, Thea Lim, Roger Robinson, Sophia Benoit and Mohanad Elshieky
Literary Death Match
Adrian Todd Zuniga, Jaquira Díaz, Etgar Keret, Thea Lim, Roger Robinson, Sophia Benoit and Mohanad Elshieky
8:30pm
Saturday, October 23
Experience text off the page like never before, as the internationally acclaimed Literary Death Match brings its circus to TIFA. A thrilling mix of international authors will compete with performances of their most electric writing to reach a unique comic, literary finale! It’s the writing world’s American Idol (without the meanness). This event, hosted by Adrian Todd Zuniga, features a dazzling array of readers with Puerto Rico’s Jaquira Diaz, Israel’s Etgar Keret, Singaporean Canadian Thea Lim and 2019 TS Eliot prize-winner Roger Robinson. The judges are comedian and columnist Sophia Benoit, podcaster and comedian Mohanad Elshieky; and Nikesh Shukla, author and editor of The Good Immigrant.
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Experience text off the page like never before, as the internationally acclaimed Literary Death Match brings its circus to TIFA. A thrilling mix of international authors will compete with performances of their most electric writing to reach a unique comic, literary finale! It’s the writing world’s American Idol (without the meanness). This event, hosted by Adrian Todd Zuniga, features a dazzling array of readers with Puerto Rico’s Jaquira Diaz, Israel’s Etgar Keret, Singaporean Canadian Thea Lim and 2019 TS Eliot prize-winner Roger Robinson. The judges are comedian and columnist Sophia Benoit, podcaster and comedian Mohanad Elshieky; and Nikesh Shukla, author and editor of The Good Immigrant.
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8:30pm
Saturday, October 23