Talks
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RWANDA AND BEYOND The author of “We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda” (Picador), Philip Gourevitch, talks with Zia Jaffrey about his work.Mr. Gourevitch is also the editor of the Paris Review. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., the New School, 66 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5488, $5.
DERRIDA IN QUESTION A panel discusses Jacques Derrida’s writings on religion on literature, focusing on his newly published book “Sovereignties in Question: The Poetics of Paul Celan” (Fordham University Press). Panelists include the author of “The Task of The Critic” (Fordham University Press), Henry Sussman; the author of “Great Walls of Discourse and Other Adventures in Cultural China” (Harvard University Press), Haun Saussy; the translator of Jean-Francois Lyotard’s “Soundproof Room” (Stanford University Press), Robert Harvey, and the author of “The Fiction of Geopolitics” (Stanford University Press), Christopher GoGwilt. After the discussion, the panelists sign their books. Tonight, 7 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865- 1588, free.
BEE ON BRONX ZOO A correspondent for “The Daily Show,” Samantha Bee, moderates an illustrated presentation titled “True Tails From the Bronx Zoo.” It includes rarely seen photographs and film from 100 years of the zoo’s archive. Tonight, 8:15 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $25 general, $18 Wildlife Conservation Society members.
WORLD HEALTH Science and health reporter Philip Hilts lectures on the importance of responding to global health issues.Tomorrow, 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:15 a.m. presentation, Carnegie Council, Merrill House, 170 E. 64th St., between Lexington and Third avenues, 212-838-4120, $25.
SCULPTURE SESSION Brooklyn artist Matthew Chase, who constructs sculptures from gum, plastic, paper, and other “organic” objects, discusses his work as part the Experimental Space’s Artist’s Talk series. Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m., Juvenal Reis Studios, 43-01 22nd St., room 300, Long Island City, Queens, 646-403-9854, free.
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