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EPONYMOUS SOURCES Artist Christian Marclay signs his new monograph “Christian Marclay” (Steidl) (tonight, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave., between 21st and 22nd streets, 212-255-4022, free). Illustrator Drew Struzan signs “The Movie Posters of Drew Struzan” (Running Press), a collection that includes advertisements for “E.T.,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free).
EATING IT UP Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson read from “Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger” (Villard), about their ill-advised attempt to track down an animal presumed to be extinct. Artist Alexis Rockman accompanied them and illustrated the book. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Community Bookstore of Park Slope, 143 Seventh Ave., between Carroll Street and Garfield Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-783-3075, free.
PEKING PAGES Rachel DeWoskin reads from and discuses “Foreign Babes in Beijing” (W.W. Norton), her memoir and cultural study about life in urban China after the Tiananmen Square massacre. Ms. De-Woskin 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, 8 p.m., National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, between Irving Place and Gramercy Park West, 212-362-2560, free.
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