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If you’ve listened to me talk, at all, over the last year and a half or so, I’ve probably mentioned the phrase “roller derby.” My MFA thesis is about roller-derby vampires. I go to practice every week, even when I’m feeling shaky and I’d rather stay home. This weird sport has gotten into my blood. And there’s this connection between the world represented by the geeky community and a sport played on roller skates, expressed in names like Slambda Phage, Riotchu, Lola Frequency, Paige Notfound, Soylent Mean, and, of course, Hannah Shot First. Welcome to the world of the geekiest sport on Earth. Yes, I know that’s a very tall order to fill considering we live in a world where Quidditch, a sport that in its original conception was played on flying broomsticks with semisentient balls by adolescent witches and wizards in a young adult fantasy novel, is played by real people.Roller derby is played by two teams on a short roller-skating track. A game (which is often called a bout) is split into two p📍 Venue: Roy Wilkins Auditorium
🏠 Address: 175 West Kellogg Blvd
🗺️ Extended Address: Saint Paul, MN 55102
🌆 City: Saint Paul
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Roy Wilkins Auditorium, 175 West Kellogg Blvd, Saint Paul, MN 55102, US, United States
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