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 ...

Writers, like the rest of us, are entitled to slow down when they approach retirement age. What Philip Roth did, as he began anticipating the popularly euphemistic Golden Years, was to gun his engine ...

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 ...

Roth's literary agent, Andrew Wylie, told The Associated Press that he died in a New York City hospital of congestive heart failure. Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of ...

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 ...

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' ...

As the pieces of the upcoming 'American Pastoral' movie fall into place, Ewan McGregor's casting isn't the only oft-repeated mistake this movie is making. Now seems as good a time as any to remind ...

The publisher of a highly anticipated biography of Philip Roth is pulling the book and cutting ties with author Blake Bailey, who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault. W.W.

Roth was the author of dozens of novels including 'Portnoy's Complaint,' 'American Pastoral' and 'Goodbye, Columbus.' By Katie Kilkenny Philip Roth, an influential novelist who won two National Book ...