US novels are catching on like wildfire in France, with almost 20 percent of next season's 659 new books penned in America. Of the 229 novels translated into French for release from September, 121 are American, including veteran Philip Roth's 2008 "Exit Ghost" that sees the return of Nathan Zuckerman and a host of writers newer to the ...

Richard Price and T. Coraghessan Boyle, authors, nonconformists and now inductees into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, remember the first time they even knew the country had an established cultural pantheon. Price, whose novels include "Clockers" and "Lush Life," received an "Academy Award" for ...

An allegedly intoxicated couple stopped at a police station to try to catch a lift home. La Marque Police Chief Richard Price said the woman collapsed in the lobby. Her 22-year-old boyfriend was arrested after marijuana was found in his shoes. Price told The Associated Press on ...