Ocean Vuong with Putsata Reang

Name: Ocean Vuong with Putsata Reang
Start: 2026-07-22T02:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-22T04:30:00.000Z
Location: Town Hall Seattle

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Town Hall Seattle

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Author Ocean Vuong appears with Putsata Reang to discuss his work set in post-industrial Connecticut, featuring a nineteen-year-old protagonist confronting life and death. Ticket includes a book.

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Ocean Vuong
Writer, professor, and photographer Ocean Vuong is the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, winner of the American Book Award, The Mark Twain Award, and The New England Book Award. The novel debuted for six weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and has since sold more than two million copies in 41 languages.
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Putsata Reang
Putsata Reang is an award-winning author and journalist whose writings have appeared in a variety of national and international publications, including the New York Times, Politico, the Guardian, Ms, The Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News.
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Town Hall Seattle

1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA · Capitol Hill, Seattle

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