Readings
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NEW PARAGRAPH David Gates and Jonathan Ames read from their work at Paragraph, a writers’ workspace. A reception follows. Friday, 8 p.m., Paragraph, 35 W. 14th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 646-216-8407, free.
TASTY WORDS Alimentum, a biannual literary journal all about food, presents an afternoon reading. Participants include the author of the short-story collection “An Ornithologist’s Guide to Life” (W.W. Norton), Ann Hood; writers Donald Newlove and Peter Selgin,and poets Elizabeth Anne Socolow and Sandy McIntosh. Saturday, noon-2 p.m., Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery at Bleecker Street, 212-614-0505, free.
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