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JUSTICE IN AFRICA
The City Hall bureau chief for The New York Sun, Dina Temple-Raston, discusses her new book “Justice on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes, and a Nation’s Quest for Redemption” (Free Press). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 22nd Street 212-727-1227, free.
NONFICTION NIGHT
Jonathan Mahler reads from his book “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). It chronicles the remarkable year of 1977 in New York City: “Son of Sam” was on the loose, a blackout threw the city into chaos, Yankee Reggie Jackson fought with manager Billy Martin, Edward Koch, and Mario Cuomo were in a heated mayoral race, and Studio 54 opened its doors for the first time. Mr. Mahler is joined by the chairwoman of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, Martha Burk, who reads from her new book, “Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It” (Scribner). Tonight, 7 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-505-3360, free.
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