Verb

Verb combines fiction, poetry, and music in a groundbreaking audioquarterly format, presenting original works from some of the nation’s top writers. This inaugural issue features a 13,000-word excerpt from an unpublished novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler, along with a new recording of Ha Jin’s seldom-seen story "In Broad Daylight." Listeners can also enjoy an unreleased piece by James Dickey, a short story from Edgar-winner Tom Franklin, and poetry from esteemed writers like Thomas Lux and South Carolina's Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth, all infused with the spirit of 19th-century poet Walt Whitman.