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‘SOCIAL’ GRACES A columnist for The New York Sun, Lauren Mechling, and her writing partner Laura Moser are hostesses at a cocktail party that celebrates the release of their young-adult novel “The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber” (Graphia/Houghton Mifflin). Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Borders Books & Music, 461 Park Ave. at 57th Street, 212-980-6785, free.
DEAR VIRGINIA In “Letters to Virginia Woolf” (Hamilton), Lisa Williams blends memoir and literary history in six epistolary essays on Woolf’s pacifism. Ms. Williams, who has also written a book comparing Woolf and Toni Morrison,reads from and signs her new book tonight. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lenox Hill Bookstore, 1018 Lexington Ave. at 73rd Street, 212-472-7170, free.
VINEYARD STORIES Jill Nelson reads from and discusses “Finding Martha’s Vineyard” (Doubleday), her collection of essays, historical news articles, recipes, and photographs documenting African-American life on the Massachusetts island. A signing follows. Tonight, 7 p.m., Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th St., between Lenox and Seventh avenues, 212-864-4500, free, early arrival suggested.
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