NEW YORK -- Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American ...

Yes, Philip Roth liked sex. A lot. But at the end of the day, nothing mattered more to the iconic author than books, a new biography says.

The celebrated author died at age 85 on Tuesday. Philip Roth was known for his stories of lust, mortality and fate -- themes which translate well on screen. It's no surprise then that seven of his ...

UPDATE: The following story was written before a remarkable series of events played out around “Philip Roth: The Biography.” Nearly a month after release, publisher W.W. Norton & Co. temporarily ...

Stung by Life,' Stanford professor Steven Zipperstein argues for the brilliance and relevance of a writer who 'probed nearly every aspect of contemporary Jewish life' ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American ...

Former President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to Philip Roth in 2011. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A bestselling biography of late novelist Philip Roth has been yanked by its ...

This cover image released by W.W. Norton shows "Philip Roth: The Biography," by Blake Bailey. (W.W. Norton via AP) (Uncredited) NEW YORK – The publisher of a highly anticipated and widely discussed ...

During a vacation trip to the Berkshires, at a library sale in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, I stumbled across a copy of “Zuckerman Bound,” a thick paperback that collects three of Roth’s novels: “The ...

Blake Bailey, the author of the much buzzed-about, 807-page Philip Roth biography published April 6, is facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. In light of the allegations, the ...