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Literary Death Match!

August 6, 2009 by Kathleen Rooney

I participated in one at the Printers’ Ball here in Chicago last Friday. You might assume because I am alive and typing this, as opposed to dead and not, that I won, but that would be incorrect. Spencer Dew emerged victorious, after a hard-fought battle in which all eight competitors gave winning performances.  Here is a photograph…

DeathMatch

…in which I am being judged by Barry Hite, Jay Ryan, and Nami Mun. I’d post more images of the goings-on if I had any, but this is all I’ve got. Thanks to Beth Rooney for taking the picture.

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