Readings
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CONTINENTAL PROSE “Women Writers of the Diaspora” features contemporary scribes from the African diaspora. Writers include the editor in chief of Network Journal, Rosalind McLymont, and an assistant professor of English at Queens College, Cicely Rodway. Friday, 6 p.m., the New School, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, room 510, 212-229-5353, free.
A PERUVIAN FEEL McNally Robinson Booksellers presents a bilingual reading by poets of Peruvian descent. An assistant professor of romance languages and literature in the Spanish Department of Hofstra University, Miguel Angel Zapata, and a director of the Latin American Writers Institute, Isaac Goldemberg, are among featured poets. A toast follows the readings. Friday, 6:30 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 52 Prince St., between Mulberry and Lafayette streets, 212-274-1160, free.
A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT As part of the “One Story Cocktail Hour and Reading Series,” Pianos and the One Story literary journal present Calvin Baker, who reads from his novel “Dominion” (Grove), about three generations of black men who battle the supernatural and other forces to make their mark in Colonial and Revolutionary South Carolina. An editor of the journal, Hannah Tinti, is host of the event. A cocktail reception precedes the reading. Friday, 6:30 p.m., Pianos, 158 Ludlow St., between Rivington and Stanton streets, 212-505-3733, free.
BODY PARTS A professor of anthropology at Barnard College, Lesley Sharp, reads from her books “Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies: Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer” (Columbia) and “Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self” (University of California Press). Friday, 7 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.