Ocean Vuong, whose powerful readings turned roomfuls of cynical adults into crying children on his last poetry tour, will come to town again with his first foray into fiction, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, on June 20. Credit: Ebru Yildiz

Ocean Vuong, whose powerful readings turned roomfuls of cynical adults into crying children on his last poetry tour, will come to town again with his first foray into fiction, On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous, on June 20.

Ocean Vuong, whose powerful readings turned roomfuls of cynical adults into crying children on his last poetry tour, will come to town again with his first foray into fiction, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, on June 20. Ebru Yildiz

Below, we’ve compiled all of our critics’ picks for the season’s literary events, like fiction writer and memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert, poet Ocean Vuong, New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik, feminist playwright Eve Ensler, and crime-fiction titan James Ellroy. You can also find a complete list of readings & talks in Seattle this summer on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics’ picks from Seattle Art and Performance.

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Fiction
Wed June 12
Tara Conklin: The Last Romantics Progenitor of the bestselling The House Girl will read from a new novel about four loyal siblings facing a family crisis and, decades later, facing the decisions they made. Laurie Frankel will host a Q&A. (Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 7 pm, $10)

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