Independent Publishing Resource Orientation
Open to the public, no need to register. Find out what's going on. It's an amazing resource. Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 232-5673, 7 PM
Jan Burke
Flight. Murder, detectives, suspense and, of course, a "cruel twist." Powell's-Beaverton, 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131, 7 PM
Stewart O'Nan
Everyday People. Urban violence, an African-American community, an ex-con turned Christian, hospitalization, an infidelity. Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, 7:30 PM
Leonard R. Mees, M.D.
Get A Life, America! And who said physicians blame the patient? Here's a book from a doctor, saying it's your choice to get well. Barnes & Noble, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800, 2 PM
The Long Road Called Goodbye:Tracing the Course of Alzheimer's
Barnes & Noble, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800, 1 PM
International Women's Day Event
Celebrate women in publishing by making a bookmark on the letter press, reading a zine, browsing the library, contributing to an audiozine...it's an open house, a way to get comfortable with the space, meet like minds. Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 232-5673, 12-6 PM
Susan Miller
Planets & Possibilities: Explore the Worlds Beyond your Sun Sign. Barnes & Noble, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800,
Claudia Rankine and Mathew Rohrer
Rohrer, with his book A Hummock in the Malookas, brings a sense of humor and beauty and crazy language to his poems. Rankine adds an element of violence. Both are two of the strongest new voices in poetry. First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave, 227-2583, 7:30 PM, $13/$45 series
Bill Hayes
Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir. The author speculates on inheriting the "insomniac's gene." He's also inherited Catholic guilt, which conflicts with growing up gay , and keeps him up nights. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 238-1668,
* Mark Jude Poirier
I hear great things about this book, Goats. The author now lives here, too. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 PM
Lynn Kelly
Book signing. Don't Ask For the Dead Man's Golf Clubs. Advice on how to console. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 PM
Carol Siegel
I 've received a stack of books knee high, all about women, sex and body image. Marketing? Insight? Here's another one, this one aiming to bridge the gap between fear of exploitation, sexual shame and sexual indulgence. New Millennial Sexstyles. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726, 7 PM
* Book Arts Group
Think about it--make your own book. This is an amazing place, fostering the energy. Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 232-5673, 7-9:30 pm
Nicholas Christopher
A Trip to the Stars. A young boy is kidnapped from a planetarium in 1965, and that starts the journey of knowledge--family secrets, occultism, mysticism, vampires, gambling, archaeology, and how the past shapes the present. "Fantasy, scholarship and suspense." Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, 7:30 PM
Phil Busse
Pet Prose. Don't miss Phil Busse, premiere after-hours canine poet, read from his new series, My Goldfish is a Serial Killer, including "My Hamster is Dating OJ," the poem that sent the intrepid master of words into a three-year exile. Parking Lot of Puppies 'N' More, NW 21st and Vaughn, 11:30 pm, Free
