“And I think I know why: the joie de vivre of the Death Match seems driven in large part by the very American optimism of the young literary scene on the left side of the Atlantic. Where those of us on this side of the pond (and after six years in the UK, I certainly am more deeply entrenched in this group than the former) wearily bicker about whether contemporary novelists are any good at all, whether the publishing industry is corrupt, the menace of the ebook, our Yankee literary counterparts are determined, in large part, to carry on writing and performing their words for the sheer joy of it.”
— Put boring literary evenings out of their misery – with a Death Match | Books | guardian.co.uk
