Below, we’ve compiled all of our critics’ picks for the season’s literary events, like journalist and debut novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates, hilarious feminist Lindy West, nonfiction giant Tim O’Brien, and newscaster Rachel Maddow. You can also find a complete list of readings & talks in Seattle this fall on our EverOut Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics’ picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
Fiction
Thurs Sept 19
Amitav Ghosh: Gun Island—A Novel In acclaimed author Ghosh’s new novel, a rare book dealer with a crisis of faith embarks on a global journey to research a mysterious legend. Reportedly, the novel is, in part, an investigation of the post-climate-change world, with all its vast migrations, economic upheavals, and extreme weather events. Ghosh is a Medici Prize winner for The Circle of Reason and has received two Lifetime Achievement awards and four honorary doctorates, plus the Padma Shri award from the president of India. (Town Hall, 7:30 pm, $5)
