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CREATIVE CORRESPONDENCE Liza Kirwin discusses and signs her book “More Than Words: The Art of the Illustrated Letter” (Princeton Architectural Press), a compilation of personal letters from artists such as Frederic Edwin Church, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Gio Ponti, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
RHYTHM NATION Toure reads from and discusses his novel “Soul City” (Little, Brown). The book weaves the story of a magazine writer named Cadillac Jackson who visits an African-American utopia in which the mayoral race hinges on which candidate would make the best DJ.The reading is part of the series Brooklyn Writers for Brooklyn Readers. Saturday, 2 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
MS. FIX-IT The author of the best-selling novel “Bee Season,” Myla Goldberg, reads from her second novel, “Wickett’s Remedy” (Doubleday), set during the 1918 influenza epidemic. She is joined by Eric Puchner, who reads from his short story collection “Music Through the Floor” (Scribner). Sunday, 7 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. at Second Avenue, 212-505-3360, free.
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