Steve Earle reading and book signing at Bootleg Theater

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Steve Earle is a Renaissance man, but the kind with dirt under his nails and a raspy voice that sounds like it’s seen the apocalypse and lived to tell the tale. The singer-songwriter, actor, activist, playwright and author of the story collection “Doghouse Roses” will read and sign his latest book, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.” Patti Smith says the novel is “like a dream you can’t shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades.” Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd. 5 p.m. Sun. $10. skylightbooks.com.