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SUPER MARIO Douglas Coupland reads from his novel “Jpod” (Bloomsbury), about the trials of an employee at a Vancouver video game design company. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St., between Broadway and Park Avenue, 212-253-0810, free.
ART FIGHT Zoe Rice reads from “Pick Me Up” (Penguin), her novel about a young woman whose life turns upside down after her boss at a New York art gallery dies, leaving her to handle a new owner. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 267 Seventh Ave. at 6th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-832-9066, free.