TODAY: Poet Charles Simic reads, 4 p.m., Longfellow National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge . . . Paul Yoon (“Once the Shore’’) and Dave King (“The Ha-Ha’’) read, 2 p.m., Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville.
MONDAY: Hank Phillipi Ryan reads from “Prime Time,’’ at 5:30 p.m., at Stellina Restaurant, 47 Main St., Watertown . . . Ulrich Boser discusses “The Gardner Heist,’’ 7 p.m., Rockport Public Library, 17 School St., Rockport.
TUESDAY: Beth Taylor reads from “The Plain Language of Love and Loss,’’ 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge . . . Hank Phillippi Ryan and Allison Brennan read, 5:30 p.m., Redbones, 55 Chester St., Somerville . . . Jim Lynch reads from “Border Songs,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.
WEDNESDAY: Elizabeth Alexander reads from “Praise Song for the Day,’’ 7 p.m., Porter Square Books . . . Stephen Carter discusses “Jericho’s Fall,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
THURSDAY: Kristin Weidenbach discusses “Rock Star,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop . . . Julia Glass (“I See You Everywhere’’) and Galt Niederhoffer (“The Romantics’’) read, 7 p.m., Newtonville Books . . . Serena Zabin discusses “Dangerous Economies,’’ 5:30 p.m., Village Books, 751 South St., Roslindale.
FRIDAY: Ryan Grim discusses “This Is Your Country on Drugs,’’ 7:30 p.m., Back Pages Books, 289 Moody St., Waltham . . . Michael Lang discusses “The Road to Woodstock,’’ 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Lone Frank discusses “Mindfield,’’ 7 p.m., Harvard Square Coop.
SATURDAY. Former US senator George McGovern discusses ”Abraham Lincoln,” 4 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog. 
