The Traveling Woman
Catherine Comer and Lavon Swaim offer travel and safety tips. Barnes & Noble-Beaverton, 18300 NW Evergreen Parkway, 645-3046, 7 pm
George Plimpton
Sports writer and editor of the Paris Review, Plimpton is touring with an anthology of sports writing, Home Run. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Z.A.P. Poetry Writers Group
Second Monday of every month, a place to share work and hear others. Barnes & Noble-Beaverton, 18300 NW Evergreen Parkway, 645-3046, 7 pm
* I Love Monday! Poetry Night
Dan Raphael, with David Abel, Rebecca Holland, and ALicia Cohen. Borders Books and Music, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm
Joyce Johnson: A Beat Love Affair
Johnson's life as a Beat poet, as revealed through her love letters to and from Jack Kerouac, who always stays in the center of the Beat scene. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm
* Tom Spanbauer
One of Portland's most revered literary treasures, Spanbauer will read from In The City of Shy Hunters," a book 10 or more years in the making. AIDS, Manhattan, the 1980s, love, myth, and everything that's part of life and larger than life. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Romance Book Group
Something About Cecily by Karen Kendall. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm
Sheila Kohler & Carole Glickfeld
Kohler's work, Children of Pithiviers looks at sexual awakening mingled with the understanding of the Holocaust, love, and evil. Glickfeld's novel, Swimming Toward the Ocean, is the story of Russian émigrés, love, and betrayal. Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668,
* Walter Mosley
Author of the "Easy Rawlins" series, Mosely has a hard-core following, sure to draw a crowd. Fearless Jones is another mystery, a hard boiled literary thriller. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Privacy Enhanced Business
How do you know your boss isn't reading your personal e-mail? How do you know you're not tracked as you log-on at work? "Adapting" privacy expectations to the new world, that's the goal, and the topic. Powells technical books, 33 NW Park Ave, 228-3906, 7 pm
Women's Fiction Book Group
The group will discuss Ahab's Wife by Sean Jeter Naslund-and choose books for later meetings. Barnes & Noble, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800, 1 pm, Free
PDX Poets of Color Reading
Hosted by Luke Warm Water, featuring 2001 Portland Slam Team Grand Champion Aisha Ayers, Spanish writing/reading poet Michael Berton, Mikie and The Pecos B., Slam Team alternate. Borders Books and Music, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm
Mystery Book Group
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm
Jacquelyn Mitchard
A Theory of Relativity. The story of two families caught in the struggle for custody of an orphaned child. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm
Beauty in the Beasts
Why is your dog so loyal, anyway? And what about all those cats that have saved their negligent owners from house fires? Powell's-Beaverton, 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131, 7 pm
