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MATERNAL INSTINCT Judith Warner reads from and signs her book “Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety” (Riverhead Books). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
FOLLOWING FAMILY African-American novelist and playwright Thulani Davis reads from and signs her new book, “My Confederate Kinfolk: A 21st Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots” (Basic Civitas). It follows her search for her white ancestors, including a Scots-Irish family of cotton planters. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
MODERN MERMAID Samantha Hunt reads from her first novel, “The Seas” (MacAdam/Cage), a retelling of “The Little Mermaid” set in an American fishing town. Tonight, 7 p.m., BookCourt, 163 Court St., between Dean and Pacific streets, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 718-875-3677, free.
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