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ELLEN AGAIN Kaye Gibbons reads from and signs her new novel, “The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster” (Harcourt). It is a follow-up to her popular 1997 novel, “Ellen Foster” (Vintage), the story of a plucky girl who winningly survived a tough childhood. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
LIFE IN THE BIG CITY A former editor at the Paris Review, Elizabeth Gaffney, reads from and signs her first novel, “Metropolis” (Random House), set in post-Civil War New York City. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
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