THURSDAY 5/31
Ehud Havazelet
Sponsored by Mountain Writers. Havazelet is the author of two story collections, What Is It Between Us? and Like Never Before. Oregon Book Award winner, Most Notable according to the NY & LA Times, Whiting Award Winner & Pushcart Award Winner. A heavy hitter in the field, and a local. Portland State University, Smith Center, 1825 SW Broadway, 725-5666, 8 pm, $5-$8
FRIDAY 6/1
Sark
You know that author who writes her books with colored pens? The “wake-up fairy of creativity”? Now she’s encouraging us to “pull pleasure out of the crevices.” I’m not sure what crevices, but the book is Eat Mangoes Naked: Finding Pleasure Everywhere and Dancing With the Pits. In Other Words, 3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 232-6003, 7:30 pm
SATURDAY 6/2
Steven Raichlen, Barbecue Expert
Master griller, king of the sauce, lord of the rub, fire starter, handler of garlic, fine vinegar, and herbs. Powell’s Books for Cooks & Gardeners, 3747 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 235-3802, 1 pm
Gary Quinn
May The Angels Be With You. Find your spirit guides. Learn how to access those entities this author believes watch over us all. Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, noon
SUNDAY 6/3
Jerome A. Greene & W. Otis Halfmoon
Author of Nez Perce Summer 1877: The US Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis. The Nez Perce War, in all its horror and glory. Oregon History Center, 1200 SW Park Ave, 222-1741
TUESDAY 6/4
St Mary’s Academy Freshman Short Story Writers
Barnes & Noble Northeast (Lloyd Center), 1231 NE Broadway, 335-0201, 7:00 pm
Writers from “The Attic”
Karen Braucher, Pam Crow, Sulima Malzin, David Biespiel. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726, 7 pm
WEDNESDAY 6/5
Traveling Through Books: Summer Reading Program
Starting June 1st, kids grades 1-6 can earn free paperbacks by keeping a reading journal! Pick up a journal sheet, read eight books, and return the journal sheet. That’s all there is to it. That, and a free paperback, and a lot of Tuesday activities corresponding to places around the world, ways to keep the kids busy. Barnes & Noble-Beaverton, 18300 NW Evergreen Parkway, 645-3046
Jennifer Weiner
Good In Bed. This book is the product of a closed cycle: TV influencing life influencing literature influencing tabloids influenced by TV, not necessarily in that order. We think it’s real because we’ve seen it somewhere before… This time, it’s the story of a woman whose ex starts a column, “loving a larger woman,” meaning her. Bridget Jones, amping the weight problem and adding the media. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
* Richard Russo
Empire Falls. Perhaps in the tradition of Richard Ford, only more comic. This time, the story is about a run-down town and a man trying to make a living, make a life there. Family, love, finances, and landscape. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm