Tim Junkin
Junkin presents Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
* James Ellroy
See My! What A Busy Week!, pg 27. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
* Chris Offutt
Guests in Reed's Visiting Writers Program are generally pretty interesting. Tonight catch Offutt, the author of Kentucky Straight. We'd say he deserves more recognition, but dude's won a Guggenheim Fellowship, so he's pretty much set. Reed College, Psychology Auditorium, 3203 SE Woodstock, 777-7755, 8 pm, free
* Imagining Bigfoot
"Imagining"!? There's no need to "imagine" Bigfoot. Bigfoot is REAL, and we'll carve out the entrails of anyone who says otherwise! This evening, two local writers, Molly Gloss and Robert Michael Pyle, discuss respective works they've written about the big, hairy guy while you listen politely, else have your entrails carved out. Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave., (360) 258-3289, 7 pm, free
Clyde Drexler
We hate to say it, but Drexler, God love his once-marvelous athleticism, is just about the most boring basketball celebrity imaginable. No scandal in this man's life; no gambling addictions; no sex parties with Magic Johnson. The name of his new autobiography says it all: Clyde Drexler. Powell's-Beaverton, 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131, 7 pm
* BBC Live Broadcast of Election '04
Britain, Western Europe, and much of the world is as concerned about the upcoming election as we are. The BBC is thus broadcasting their worldwide coverage of the big night out of our very own Powell's. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651, 7:30 pm
* Paul Ash, Marissa Madrigal, & Dan Raphael
Ash will do his quirky monologue thing; Madrigal will read from her lovely 8lb Gorilla; Raphael will perform poetry. He's very tall. U.S. Bank Room, Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave, 988-5471, Wed 7 pm
