50 minutes After explaining the universe, Bill Bryson turns his attention to the body A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great Adam Rippon’s path to becoming ‘America’s sweetheart’ was not all fun and (Olympic) games Michael Connelly reveals how ‘Bosch’ was born and other tales of his humble rise to fame In ‘The Man Who Saw Everything,’ Deborah Levy questions our notions of reality Four new poetry collections bring pain — and hope — into sharp relief Disguised as a boy, the heroine of ‘Curious Toys’ finds freedom — and answers In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share the 2019 Booker Prize Ronan Farrow’s dark memoir puts the media at the center of intersecting conspiracies How to become an ex-black man The Swedish Academy took a year off to fix the Nobel Prize in literature. It’s still broken. Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk win Nobel Prizes in literature A favorite of J.K. Rowling, Edith Nesbit was a pioneer of children’s books and so much more Something to celebrate: Four literary gems that have survived the vagaries of publishing

38 minutes Danville: Exhibit on kids' books to feature area authors Alamo: Yamaguchi Lafayette Library's guest at speaker series Review: Emma Donoghue's 'Frog Music' buoyed by intricate plot and evocative writing Minimalists discover more in living with less Reviews: Randi Zuckerberg and other Northern California authors Siminovich, Barnett and Moss offer up new works for younger rea Author alert: In the pipeline: David Mitchell's 'The Bone Clocks' to be published by Random House in September Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at 87 Books by the Bay: Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman's 'Love and Treasure' is exquisitely crafted and filled with secrets Sue Townsend dies; writer created angst-ridden teen Adrian Mole Times reporter Gary Peterson to sign copies of new baseball-themed book Poetry as expression, and as therapy: Martinez's Peter Karplus to discuss his first children's book in Orinda Rabih Alameddine's 'An Unnecessary Woman' is a smart, funny -- and isolated protagonist Review: Alamedinne wrings a triumphant allegory from one woman's dogged solitude What We're Reading: