Notable Twin Cities: 9/25–10/1

Monday 9/26: Shake up the start of your week with a reading by Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt (Nation Books). Magers & Quinn. 7 p.m., free.

Tuesday 9/27: Intermedia Arts kicks off its eleventh season of the Queer Voices reading series, creating safe space for LGBTQIA+ writers and audiences. This month’s readers include Dale Gregory Anderson, Wendy Brown-Báez, Alan Lessik, and Ralph Winkelmeyer. Intermedia Arts. 7:30 p.m., free.

Wednesday 9/28: What happens when you amp the literary reading up to eleven? Literary Death Match is what happens. Complete with rock star sensibility, competition, and a head-to-head grand finale, LDM has made a name for itself as one of the most engaging live literary experiences in the country. This week LDM makes a stop in Minneapolis, where they’ll feature four writers, each reading for seven minutes. The two finalists will compete in a final round, and the champion will be crowned. Readers include Jim Walsh, Aby Wolf, Lara Mimosa Montes, and Safy-Hallan Farah. Nomad World Pub. 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.

Thursay 9/29: Emily St. John Mandel, author of the critically acclaimed Station Eleven (Vintage), will give an interview and brief reading at University of St. Thomas. Anderson Student Center. 7 p.m., free.

Friday 9/30: The Loft’s As Curated By: series continues with memoirist Elizabeth di Grazia, who’ll be joined by Christine Stark, R. Vincent Moniz Jr., and Keno Evol. The evening will feature stories, poems, and essays of struggle and survival. This event also marks the release of di Grazia’s newest book, House of Fire: A Story of Love, Courage, and Transformation. The Loft Literary Center. 7 p.m., free.

Saturday 10/1: Top off your weekend at Squirrel Haus Arts for the launch of Opal C. McCarthy’s new poetry book, Surge (Tinderbox Editions). Accompanied by Paula Barkmeier’s art and music by The Wild Woman Singers, McCarthy will read and sign copies. 7 p.m., free.

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Please email any event listings you’d like to see to [email protected].

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Tyler Barton is a cofounder of Fear No Lit, the organization responsible for the Submerging Writer Fellowship. He is the author of the flash fiction collection, The Quiet Part Loud, which won the Turnbuckle Chapbook Prize from Split Lip Press and was published in 2019. Find his work in The Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, Waxwing, and elsewhere. Find him at tsbarton.com or @goftyler.

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