Readings
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TASTY CHANGES The New School Writing Program presents author David Kamp, who discusses his book “The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Free Range, Extra Virgin Story of How We Became a Gourmet Nation” (Broadway). The fiction coordinator of the program, Helen Schulman, is moderator of the event. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the New School, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, room 510, 212-229-5488, $5.
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL A professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, Edward Mendelson, reads from his essay “The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have To Say About the Stages of Life” (Knopf). The analyzed novels include Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Wednesday, 7 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.
