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COLOR COMMENTARY Novelist and poet Paul Beatty reads from and signs “Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor” (Bloomsbury), which he edited. The collection includes work by Toni Cade Bambara, Langston Hughes, Mike Tyson, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois, among many others. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
A VALENTINE’S CAROL David Levithan reads from and signs his illustrated novel, “Marly’s Ghost” (Dial). It follows a man whose girlfriend, Marly, has died. On Valentine’s Day, Marly and several other ghosts come back to haunt him, a la “A Christmas Carol.” Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Greenwich Village, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.
DAUGHTER’S STORY Maile Meloy reads from her novel “Family Daughter” (Scribner), which follows the Santerre family, first introduced in Ms. Meloy’s 2003 debut novel, “Liars and Saints.” Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
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