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CHARACTER IS KING New Yorker writer Mark Singer reads from “Character Studies” (Houghton Mifflin), a collection of his profiles for the magazine. Tonight, 7 p.m., Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
MAGAZINE MURDER The editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, Kate White,reads from her thriller “Over Her Dead Body” (Warner Books), about a reporter who takes a job at a trashy gossip magazine just days before its domineering editor is murdered. Tonight, 7 p.m., Borders Books Time-Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, 212-823-9775, free.
MOTHER’S DAY Journalist Cokie Roberts reads from and signs her book “Founding Mothers” (HarperCollins), which tells the stories of the wives, mothers, and daughters of America’s first leaders. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
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