# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A gripping tale of M**der set against the shifting Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush, where ambition, violence, and destiny collideAbout this EventJosh Weil, author of The Great Glass Sea, The New Valley, and The Age of Perpetual Light, visits the store for his new novel What Came West, a gripping tale of M**der and pursuit set against the shifting Sierra Nevada during the Gold Rush, where ambition, violence, and destiny collide. He will be joined in conversation by writer Urban Waite.Sierra Nevada, 1840s, just before the Gold Rush ignites. Silas Hall has never belonged anywhere except the wild. Bullied as a child and uneasy even within his own family, he finds brief solace in love and fatherhood before the pull of the frontier overwhelms him. One day he heads west, chasing a life that might finally make sense.What follows is a swift, pulse-pounding journey into the mountains, where Silas becomes one of the first white settlers to cross into the Sierra Nevada. He forges a precarious peace with the Indigenous people who live there—until the Gold Rush crashes in with violent force. As thousands flood the region, the balance shatters, and Silas commits M**der, a desperate act that alters the course of every life around him, including his own.Taut and propulsive, What Came West is told in two parallel voices—one a tense, third-person account of Silas on the run, and the other a confessional letter from Silas to the son he left behind—and confronts many different forms of American inheritance, in all its danger, emotional voltage, and mythic momentum. Weil’s masterpiece is a fierce, heart-driven portrait of an outsider racing toward belonging and barreling headlong into consequence.Josh Weil is the author of the novel The Great Glass Sea, the novella collection The New Valley, and the story collection The Age of Perpetual Light. He is a Fulbright fellow and has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a “5 Under 35” award from the National Book Foundation, the California Book Award, and a Pushcart Prize. For the past dozen years, he has called the Sierra Nevada of Northern California home.Urban Waite is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Carrion Birds and The Terror of Living, which was named one of Esquire's Ten Best Books of 2011. His work has been a finalist for the New Mexico and Arizona Book Awards, has been translated in nine languages, and is sold worldwide. He lives in Seattle with his wife.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/seattle/josh-weil-w-urban-waite-what-came-west/100001991119632420
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Age Limit: all_ages
  - door_time: 2026-07-02T01:30:00Z
  - Duration: 1 hour
  - Location: The Elliott Bay Book Company
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Seattle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Elliott Bay Book Company
- **lat**: 47.614679
- **long**: -122.319631
- **full address**: The Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST being held?
  - **A:** Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST takes place on Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST?
  - **A:** Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST is organized by Elliott Bay Book Company.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Seattle, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Josh Weil w/ Urban Waite, WHAT CAME WEST sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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