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HOUSTON TRIO Iranian-born writer Farnoosh Moshiri reads from her novel “Against Gravity” (Viking Penguin), which weaves together the stories of three people living in Houston in the mid-1980s. Friday, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.
FRANKLIN THE SCIENTIST Philip Dray discusses and signs his book “Stealing God’s Thunder: Benjamin Franklin’s Lightning Rod and the Invention of America” (Random House), a biography of Franklin that examines him through the lens of his pursuits. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
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