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TRASH TALES Journalist Elizabeth Royte discusses her new book “Garbage Land” (Little, Brown) on its publication day. In it, she examines the world of trash, asking who profits from waste management, whether toxins are always processed safely, and where Fig Newton cartons go to die. The outdoor event is part of the Word for Word series of summer afternoon readings. Today, 12:30 p.m., Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-6890, free.
NEW ‘TOMB’ Novelist Paul Auster reads from his new translation of Stephane Mallarme’s “A Tomb for Anatole” (New Directions Publishing Corporation). The book is a series of poem fragments composed by the French surrealist writer after the 1879 death of his 8-year-old son; he could never bring himself to finish the work, and it went unpublished even in France until 1961. Tonight, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-255-4022, free, reservations recommended.
DAUGHTER’S STORY Francine du Plessix Gray reads from and discusses “Them” (Penguin), her account of the lives of her glamorous mother and powerful stepfather. Tatiana du Plessix was a Russian fashion plate and Alexander Liberman a magazine editor who eventually helmed the Conde Nast empire.Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.
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