BOOKS—Portland’s Lidia Yuknavitch chews up traditional literary forms and spits ’em out, which is a gross way of describing a beautiful thing, most recently on display in Yuknavitch’s genre-fucking sort-of-novel (and big publishing house debut), The Small Backs of Children. Tonight, witness her literary brilliance up close, alongside excellent essayist Liz Prato. MEGAN BURBANK
Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 7 pm, FREE
COMEDY—Last spring, a slew of Portland stand-ups crammed into Jackpot! Recording Studio to make a comedy album of their most sparkling material. Tonight, the original gang’s gathering for the official release of the PDX Comedy Mixtape, with IRL sets from Curtis Cook, Barbara Holm, Alex Falcone, Veronica Heath, and more. MEGAN BURBANK
Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th, 8 pm, $5-13