Books
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MODEL BEHAVIOR Carolyn Burke reads from, discusses, and signs her biography “Lee Miller: A Life” (Knopf), which explores the life of the woman who served as a fashion model, a muse to Man Ray, and a war photographer for Vogue magazine during World War II. Carl Rollyson wrote in The New York Sun that “this handsomely produced and impeccably written and researched book is surely a state-of-the-art biography.” Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Borders Books Park Avenue, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.
RACE AND KATRINA Michael Eric Dyson discusses and signs his new book, “Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster” (Perseus), his assessment of the meaning of the hurricane. It combines interviews with survivors, analysis of black migrations, and an examination of government policy. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
ART, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? British literary critic John Carey signs and discusses his book “What Good Are the Arts?” (Oxford University Press), a critical look at cultural elitism. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
AMERICAN ABROAD Tom Bissell reads from his short-story collection “God Lives in St. Petersburg” (Pantheon), which mostly centers on Americans abroad in Central Asia. Mr. Bissell is also the author of the memoir “Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia” (Pantheon). Tonight, 7 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
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