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WHITE’S LIVES Writer and Princeton professor Edmund White reads from and discusses his new autobiography,”My Lives” (Ecco).The book presents Mr.White’s life by topics, including “My Friends,” “My Europe,” and “My Blonds.” Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452, free.
SWAN SONGS David Mitchell reads from his novel “Black Swan Green” (Random House), which consists of 13 connected stories about a young teenager growing up in England in 1982. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
THE MORNING APRES Kirsten Lobe reads from and signs “Paris Hangover” (St. Martin’s Griffin), her novel about a New York fashion consultant, Nebraska-bred, who moves to Paris to pursue her dream of, well, moving to Paris. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
NUCLEAR REACTION The editor of the Paris Review, Philip Gourevitch,reads from Svetlana Alexievich’s “Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster” (Dalkey Archive Press). The collection of interviews won the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St., between Prince and Houston streets, 212-334-3324, free.
