Books
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PEKING PAGES
Rachel DeWoskin reads from “Foreign Babes in Beijing” (W.W. Norton), her memoir and cultural study about life in urban China after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Ms. DeWoskin was working for an American public relations company in Beijing when she was tapped to star in the popular Chinese soap opera of the book’s title. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
CIVIL WAR
The author of “America on the Brink” (Palgrave Macmillan), Richard Buel, discusses his account of the fierce struggle between Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Party and Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Party. Tonight, 7 p.m., South Street Seaport Museum, Melville Gallery, 213 Water St., between Beekman and Fulton streets, 212-748-8735, $5 suggested donation.
BAYOU BLUES
John Dufresne reads from “Louisiana Power and Light,” a novel about the last surviving member of the Mississippi Delta’s “most-often-executed” family. Billy Wayne Fontana decides to become a priest to end his seemingly cursed bloodline, but worldly temptations get in the way. Tonight, 8 p.m., Rocky Sullivan’s Pub, 129 Lexington Ave., between 28th and 29th streets, 212-725-3871, free.
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