Readings
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WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED The Writing Center of Marymount Manhattan College presents a conversation with a National Book Award winner, Julia Glass, who reads from “The Whole World Over: A Novel” (Pantheon), about a West Village pastry chef who leaps at the chance to break from her strained marriage; and a Pulitzer Prize nominee, Katherine Mosby, who reads from “Twilight” (HarperCollins), about a well-born American who shocks her family by breaking off her engagement to a man in her own social set. Tonight, 6 p.m., the Regina Peruggi Room, 2nd floor, main building, Marymount, 221 E. 71st St., between Second and Third avenues, 212-774-4810, $10 general, free for students and faculty.
GIRL, INTERRUPTED Kimberly Silva reads from her debut novel “A Simple Distance” (Akashic), about a biracial young attorney who struggles to reconcile her dual identities after a visit from her demanding Caribbean mother. Thursday, 7 p.m., Bluestockings, 172 Allen St., between Stanton and Rivington streets, 212-777-6028, free.