Verb produces some of the largest book and music events in Atlanta and Decatur. With over twenty years working with authors, musicians, book events and public radio, Verb is the go-to source for making author events happen in Atlanta. Words, Music, Hare-Brained Schemes: We do it all.
Some Verb projects you may know:
In partnership with Chronicle, Verb is the founding producer of the AJC-Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the Country. Celebrating five years of proving that Decatur and Atlanta has a thriving book culture, the AJC-DBF is ground zero for all things books in Georgia.
Working with legendary folk venue Eddie's Attic and Agnes Scott College, Verb has launched Eddie and Agnes, a new concert series for metro Atlanta. In coming months, Presser Hall, one of the best sounding venues in Atlanta, will host some of the top performers in the country.
Verb: An Audioquarterly is an occasional literary magazine released only in audio. Presenting exclusive writing from some of the top writers in the country, some issues of Verb are available over at Audible. Vol. 1, No. 1 featuring Robert Olen Butler, James Dickey, Ha Jin, Tom Lux, Tom Franklin and Stuart Dybek and Vol. 1, No. 2 featuring Stuart Dybek, Peter Case, George Singleton and more.
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Notes from Daren's talk with John Lemley on WABE's City Cafe.
Steven Raichlen: PLANET BARBECUE: 275 Recipes, 53 Countries, 6 Continents of Great Flavor Tuesday 6/29 6pm Sur La Table, Perimeter Mall America’s bestselling, award-winning master griller and author of HOW TO GRILL, BBQ USA, and THE BARBECUE BIBLE traveled on the “barbecue trail” collecting 275 of the tastiest, most tantalizing, easy-to-make recipes from every corner of the globe. The cookbook is filled with full-color photographs and celebrates the combination of food and culture from Puerto Rico, Germany, South Korea, Uruguay, South Africa and many other places. Raichlen is a former host of PBS’s popular series Barbecue University and Primal Grill and his articles appear regularly in Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and other magazines and newspapers.
Joseph Dabney: THE FOOD, FOLKLORE, AND ART OF LOWCOUNTRY COOKING: A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany and Scotland
Wednesday June 30, 2010 7pm Margaret Mitchell House From Publishers Weekly Even a dyed-in-the-wool Yankee will feel like a local after conquering Dabney's voluminous follow-up to his James Beard-winning Appalachian cookbook, Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread and Scuppernong Wine. Digging deep, Dabney explores the culinary traditions and folklore of the coastal plain that runs from South Carolina into Georgia, from colonization to today. Tracing the lineage of the iconic dishes like Frogmore Stew and She Crab Soup, Dabney combines research and first-person interviews to create a rich portrait of the land and people. Quick to laud the contributions of slaves for many of the region's favorite dishes and key ingredients (like okra and peanuts), not to mention plenty of local characters, Dabney immerses culinary carpetbaggers via guided tours of cities like Savannah and Charleston, including a helpful guide to Charleston dialect ("Minuet: You and I have dined"). Though the book's scope may intimidate some-recipes and key dishes are woven into the text rather than set apart-diners who want to eat like a Low Country local will find plenty of suggestions here for crab cakes, sweet tea, pimento cheese, oyster roasts, pig roasts, and fried chicken, along with plenty of sides and dishes such as: Benne Seed Biscuits Sweet Potato Pie Frogmore Stew She Crab Soup Brunswick Stew Hoppin' John Oyster Purloo Cooter Soup Hags Head Cheese Goobers And much, much more! Discover the secrets of one of the most mysterious, romantic regions in the South: the Lowcountry. James Beard Cookbook of the Year Award-winning author Joe Dabney produces another gem with this comprehensive celebration of Lowcountry cooking. Packed with history, authoritative folklore, photographs, and fascinating sidebars, Dabney takes readers on a tour of the Coastal Plain, including Charleston, Savannah, and Beaufort, the rice plantations, and the sea islands.
Karin Slaughter: BROKEN Thursday, July 1, 7pm Georgia Center for the Book
When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence -- finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight -- he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead.
Daren Wang curates Verb, but he occasionally pursues schemes too hare-brained for that venerable institution. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or on various blogs to find out what trouble he's getting into when he's not trying to make Verb work.
Daren's blog about personal renovation. It will track his various efforts to embrace his mid-fortiness. One recurring theme is the workout record project, wherein he listens to forgotten vinyl from his record collection while working out, and then shares his horror or joy at what he's hearing for the first time in twenty five years.
