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LAWN AND ORDER Edmund White gives an introduction to a reading by Mack Friedman, whose first novel is “Setting the Lawn on Fire” (University of Wisconsin Press). The coming-of-age romance follows a young Jewish boy from Milwaukee who sets off on a long journey of sexual discovery that takes him across America. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
POSTWAR WINTER Paula Fox reads from and signs her new memoir, “The Coldest Winter: A Stringer in Liberated Europe” (Henry Holt), about her experiences working as a journalist in post-World War II Europe. Tonight, 7 p.m., Book-Court, 163 Court St., between Dean and Pacific streets, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-875-3677, free.
MUSEUM MILES Deirdre Cossman discusses and signs her guidebook “Museums of New York City” (Westholme Publishing). Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 50 Prince St. at Mulberry Street, 212-274-1160, free.
MIND OF JAMES The editor of the New York Review Books Classics’ “The New York Stories of Henry James,” Colm Toibin, reads from and signs the collection. Mr. Toibin is also the author of the novel “The Master” (Scribner), which delves into James’s interior life. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-255-4022, free, reservations suggested.
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