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WEST COAST TRAUMA Janet Fitch reads from her novel “Paint It Black” (Little, Brown), about a teenage model who attempts to connect with her dead lover’s mother. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
CHILD SLAVERY Uzodinma Iweala reads from his novel “Beasts of No Nation” (HarperCollins), which follows a young boy in Africa as he is conscripted to fight in a ragtag army. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Ave. at 22nd Street, 212-727-1227, free.
KITCHEN TABLE The editor of Cook’s Illustrated magazine, Christopher Kimball, cooks from and discusses the new “America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.” Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
FATHERS AND OVENS Dylan Schaffer
reads from his memoir “Life, Death and Bialys: A Father/Son Baking Story” (Bloomsbury). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
CITY LIFE Editor Jacquelin Cangro reads from the collection of stories “Subway Chronicles: Scenes From Life in New York”(Penguin). Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 396 Sixth Ave. at 8th Street, 212-674-8780, free.
