* William Kennedy
Author of The Albany Cycle, including Ironweed, here in Portland as an honored professor! A n amazing writer, not to be missed. Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broadway, 228-2000, 5:45 pm
The Poetry Cafe Open Mike
Open Mike, open to all. Barnes & Noble, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800, 7 pm
Erotica Reading
A handful of erotica writers, a crossdressing expert, and a sex educator, including Portland's own Darklady. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Sex Educators & Writers Answer Questions
Crimson Phoenix, 3514 NE 57th Ave, 228.0129, 2-5 pm
* "Coming to Voice, Then & Now" with Lawson Fusao Inada
It's the 60th anniversary of Executive Order 9066. Count yourself fortunate if this means little to you; for others, it was life-altering, resulting in the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. It really happened, here in our free country, though many forget or never learned. Lawson Fusao Inada, author and editor of Only What We Could Carry, will open this commemorative ceremony with a reading, followed by a silent walk to the Japanese American Historical Plaza at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Now, as we work to understand the role of other races and religions, citizens of differing views living in one country, reflection on this part of our past is perhaps more urgent than ever. NW Natural Gas Building, NW 2nd & Davis, 4th floor conference room, 3-5 pm
Z.A.P. Poetry Writers Group
Second Monday of every month, a place to share work and hear others. Barnes & Noble-Beaverton, 18300 NW Evergreen Parkway, 645-3046, 7 pm
I Love Monday! Poetry Night
Poetry with Dan Raphael and friends. Borders Books and Music, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm
Sebastian Faulks
On Green Dolphin Street is set in the Eisenhower era, and is about a New York journalist living in Greenwich Village. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30, free
Judith Freeman
Red Water: Mormonism, polygamy, murder, and memory. Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 7:30 pm
Romance Book Group
The Spiral Path, by Mary jo Putney. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm
Madison High Students Reading
See what the kids learned! Here's their writing, after an intensive period of working with local authors, sponsored by Writers in the Schools, an arm of Literary Arts. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726, 7 pm
Writers Talking: Bill Donahue
Donahue will read from his book-in-progress, funded by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Donahue has published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Outside, and Mother Jones. Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave, 248-5234, 7 pm
Indu Sundaresan
The tale of Empress Nur Jahan in 16th century India. Powell's on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
Robert Hellen
Blues Lessons is the story of Martin Dijksterhuis, a boy growing up in Michigan in the '50s. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30, free
Jean Thompson
Wide Blue Yonder ia a book about the " changeable weather of the human soul." Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 7:30 pm
PDX Poets of Color
Hosted by Luke Warm Water. Borders Books and Music, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm
Mystery Book Group
The Hearse You Came In On, by Tim Cockey. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm
* Susan Minot
Rapture is said to be hot stuff, by one of my personal favorites. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
Nuala O'Faolain
My Dream of You ia a travel book in fictional form, a love story within a love story, a historical tale within a contemporary one. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
