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POP POSTMORTEM A writer for Spin magazine, Chuck Klosterman, reads from and signs his latest pop-culture riff, “Killing Yourself to Live” (Scribner). It’s structured around his cross-country tour of rock-‘n’-roll death sites, including Kurt Cobain’s Seattle neighborhood and the Iowa field where Buddy Holly’s plane crashed. 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.
WOMAN, INTERRUPTED Terry McMillan signs her new book, “The Interruption of Everything” (Viking). Her sixth novel is about a middle-aged woman torn between taking care of her needy family and fulfilling her own yearnings for those perpetual goals: true love and graduate school. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
ENLIGHTENMENT, ETC. Historian Darren Staloff discusses and signs his new book “Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding” (Hill and Wang). Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
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