Poetry
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AUSTER’S VERSE Author Paul Auster participates in the New School’s poetry forum. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the New School, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5488, $5.
TROUBLE WITH POETRY Poet Billy Collins,a former poet laureate of America, reads from and signs his new collection, “The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems” (Random House). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
DARKLING NIGHT A staged adaptation of Anna Rabinowitz’s book-length poem “Darkling” incorporates sound effects, visuals, and music. Michael Comlish directs, and Stefan Weisman and Lee Hoiby perform original music for the love story overtaken by the events of two world wars and the Holocaust. Sunday and Monday, 8 p.m., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-423-3587, $20 general, $15 museum members, students, and seniors.
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