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METS VERSUS YANKEES Roger Rubin and David Lennon read from and discuss their sports guide “The Great New York Sports Debate: Two New York Sportswriters Go Head-to-Head on the 50 Most Heated Questions” (Penguin). Today, 1 p.m., Borders Bookstore, 100 Broadway, between Pine and Wall streets, 212-964-1988, free.
LEAVES OF POPULARITY David Haven Blake reads from his essay “Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity” (Yale University Press), which examines the poet’s interest in fame and publicity. Tonight, 7 p.m., South Street Seaport Museum, Melville Gallery, 213 Water St., between Fulton and Beekman streets, 212-748-8568, $5 donation suggested.
JERK IT OUT Steven Levy reads from his essay “The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness” (Simon & Schuster). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Place at Broadway, 212-420-1322, free.
HOME, SWEET CITY An editor for the New Yorker magazine, Adam Gopnik, reads from his memoir, “Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York” (Knopf). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
