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BACKTALK Journalist Andrea Mitchell signs her “Talking Back … to Presidents, Dictators and Assorted Scoundrels” (Penguin). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
SCHOOL SEPARATION Jonathan Kozol reads from and signs his new book “The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America” (Crown). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
BEAUTY BOOK Poet and short story writer Kim Addonizio reads from her debut novel, “Little Beauties” (Simon & Schuster), about an underachieving toy store employee and a young single mother-tobe. Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 50 Prince St. at Mulberry Street, 212-274-1160, free.
PRIVATE EYE EXPERT Leading off the Hunter College Distinguished Writers Series, Walter Mosley reads from his new Easy Rawlins detective novel, “Cinnamon Kiss” (Little, Brown). Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Hunter College, faculty dining room, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, 212-772-4007, free.
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