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In this Square Books video, Josh Weil reads from his second novel, What Came West (Doubleday, 2026), and talks about his research of the Sierra Nevada before and during the Gold Rush in a conversation with Michael X. Wang. The novel is featured in Page One in the July/August 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Fiction | Josh Weil | What Came West | Doubleday | Michael X. Wang | Page One | July/August 2026 | Square Books



