92ndStreetYMondayat8p.m.,readingsbyJonathanFranzen,authorof“Freedom,”andLorrieMoore,authorof“AGateattheStairs”;,forthose35andyounger.Thursdayat8:15p.m.,TomCraig,aphotographerandauthorof“WritingontheEdge:GreatContemporaryWritersontheFrontLineofCrisis,”willdiscusshisbook,whichdocumentstheexperiencesofwriters,actorsandotherswhotookpartinworldprogramsinitiatedbyMédecinsSansFrontières,orDoctorsWithoutBorders,withsomeofthosewhosewritingisinthebook,likeDamonGalgutofSouthAfricaandHariKunzruofBritain;.1395LexingtonAvenue,(212)415-5500,92y.org.20101111

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    BidenonThursdayvisitedTampa,wherehetookanotherjabatScott.

    MarieAntoinette:TheJourney,byAntoniaFraser.(Anchor,.95.)Abiographyofthemuchmisunderstood--andallegedlymisquoted--cake-toutingqueen.

    BronxHikeSaturdayat10a.m.,afive-to-seven-milehikeinVanCortlandtPark,meetingattheVisitor’sCenterGolfHouse.SponsoredbytheFriendsofVanCortlandtPark;reachablefromBaileyAvenueandVanCortlandtParkSouth,(718)601-1553,vancortlandt.org;free.20100909

    SNOWFALLINGONCEDARS,byDavidGuterson.(Vintage,.)Amurdertrialrecallstheinternmentof89Japanese-Americans.

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    20"WorkHard,Study...AndKeepOutofPolitics!"byJamesA.Baker,IIIwithSteveFiffer.(Putnam,.95.)Lessonsfrom35yearsofaverypubliclife.

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