Readings Listings
* Audiozine Release Party
Contributors to the IPRC's very first Audiozine share their works, including Ariel Gore, Krissy Durden, and Dan Howland. Plus, chili! Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 827-0249, 8-10 pm
* Eye-Rhyme release party
A fun-sounding shindig with the good folks at Pinball Publishing, with readings from contributors to issue #7 of their lit. review Eye-Rhyme, and music from the Binary Dolls' Nick Jaina. Night Light, 2100 SE Clinton, 8 pm, free
Craig Childs
Intrepid nature writer and NPR icon Childs presents a memoir of hiking the harsh, extremely dangerous desert canyons of the American Southwest. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
Marianne Williamson
Popular spiritualist Williamson presents her new book Gift of Change, a pretty Jesus-y but uplifting book about the positive effects of conscious change. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Penelope Scambly Schott & Judith Barrington
Two NW poets sound off, including the excellently named Penelope Scambly Schott from her intriguing-sounding narrative poem The Pest Maiden: A Story of Lobotomy. Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-5097, 7:30 pm
* Christian Parenti
Frequent Nation contributor Parenti reads from his new book The Freedom, an account of the killings, rapings, and lootings that constitute the people of Iraq's newfound, God-given "Liberty." Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Saul Williams
In an intriguing turn of events, the poet/musician/actor who brought slam poetry to the mainstream, Saul Williams, has decided to grace the Portland State University campus with a FREE performance. Check it. Shattuck Hall, Rm. 212, PSU, 725-9422, 6-8 pm, free
Charlotte Kasl
Quaker psychotherapist/Buddhist scholar Kasl writes self-help books that are much more useful and interesting than their terrible titles suggest. Her latest, If the Buddha Got Stuck, uses Zen wisdom to help the reader out of the stinking, festering rut they've been in. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
* Eye-Rhyme Magazine
Hooray for Pinball Publishing, Portland's extremely stylish literary press that continues to truck on with issue #7 of their Eye-Rhyme review. Contributors read tonight, including Martha Grover, Patrick Hartigan, and Roderick Maclean. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
* John Rember
Rember presents his new book Traplines, a tender, elegant account of returning to his backwoods Idaho home, and finding vast changes that cause him to reflect on his life. Looking Glass Bookstore, 318 SW Taylor, 227-4760, 7 pm
Ann Marie Oliver & Paul Sterling
These Portland writers spent six years collecting graffiti, videotapes, and other underground media from along the West Bank and Gaza. The result is The Road to Martyrs' Square, an insightful peek into the inner workings of the Holy Land. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
* Laurie Lynn Drummond
See "My! What A Busy Week!" Pg 15. Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-5097, 7:30 pm
* Terrence McNally
One of America's most successful playwrights, and the writer of Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune and Love! Valor! Compassion!. Portland Arts & Lectures at Arlene Schnitzer Hall, SW Broadway & Main, 227-2583, 7:30 pm, $18-25
Pig Boy's Wicked Bird
See review this issue. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
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