Come by the Princeton Public Library, on Witherspoon Street, at 3pm to see someone I know to be a great speaker (my wife) talk about what I know to be a great book (her Dreaming in Chinese). I mention this both out of uxorious support and in a desire to be helpful, since several sites had the event listed at varying times (1pm, 7:30pm, etc). It's actually at 3. Tell her hello.
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