Readings
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SHORT STUFF
Writers Ann Beattie and Amy Hempel discuss the art of the short story as part of Housing Works’ author2author series. Meanwhile, the bookstore offers 30% its entire inventory this weekend (Saturday, noon-9 p.m., Sunday, noon-7 p.m.). Reading: Sunday, 6 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St., between Houston and Prince streets, 212-334-3324, free, used book donations encouraged.
STAGE FRIGHT
Performers Mike Albo and Margot Leitman join writers Robin Epstein, Renee Kaplan, and Peter Hyman at a Mother’s Day installment of “East Side Oral,” touted by organizers as “the reading series your mother warned you about.” Sunday, 5 p.m., the Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., between Stanton and Rivington streets, free admission and two-drink minimum.
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