Readings
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AND THE WINNER IS… The New School presents all 20 finalists for this year’s National Book Award, each of whom reads for five minutes from a nominated work. A director of the school’s writing program, Robert Polito, is host of the event and the author of “The History of Love” (Norton), Nicole Krauss , is emcee. Tonight, 7 p.m., New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-686-5005, $10.
MARRIAGE IN CRISIS As part of its Medgar Evers College Writers’ Series, the Brooklyn Public Library presents Elizabeth Nuñez, who reads from “Grace: A Novel” (Ballantine), about a pair of middle-class African-American academics who struggle to rescue their failing marriage in the face of divergent political ideologies. Tonight, 7 p.m. Brooklyn Public Library, Central Division, 1 Grand Army Plaza, between Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
FUN WITH JANE An Academy Award-winning actress, Jane Fonda, reads from her memoir “My Life So Far” (Random House). Tonight, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $25.
