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KITTY LETTERS Holiday Reinhorn reads from her short-story collection “Big Cats” (Free Press) at a party celebrating its release. She’s joined by her husband, actor Rainn Wilson, who played nerdy Arthur on “Six Feet Under” and nerdy Dwight in the American version of “The Office.” Tonight, 7 p.m., Lolita, 266 Broome St. at Allen Street, 212-966-7223, free.
AKRON AND ELVIS The Freebird Reading Series, presided over by Abigail Koons, welcomes the literary editor of Esquire, Adrienne Miller, whose first novel is “The Coast of Akron” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Other readers include the author of “Before Elvis There Was Nothing” (Coffee House Press), Laurie Foos, and the author of the new novel “Trance” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Christopher Sorrentino. Tonight, 7 p.m., Freebird Books & Goods, 123 Columbia St. at Kane Street, Brooklyn, 718-643-8484, free.
CLASH OF THE TITANS New York City will get a compensatory taste of Olympic drama when Dan Simmons reads from his fantasy novel “Olympos” (Eos). The plot centers on warring bodies, including the Olympic gods, characters from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” and classically trained robots from Jupiter. Tonight, 7 p.m., Borders Books Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, 212-823-9775, free.
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