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ACTING ADVICE Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith reads from and signs her book “Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – for Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind” (Knopf). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
MONEY MATTERS Young journalist Anya Kamenetz reads from and signs her book “Generation Debt” (Penguin), about the financial difficulties that recent college graduates face in today’s economy. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Astor Place, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
MAIL MAN Patrick Ryan reads from and signs his debut novel, “Send Me” (Dial Press), which follows a single mother raising four children over 30 years. Tonight, 7 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
DELPHIC MEANING William Broad reads from his book “The Oracle” (Penguin), a history of the Oracle of Delphi. Among his discoveries: Ethylene was the source of the mysterious vapors that enhanced the prophetic powers of the oracles. Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 50 Prince St. at Mulberry Street, 212-274-1160, free.
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