Judges of the tongue-in-cheek prize - which is run by the Literary Review magazine - said they were struck by a description of "flesh, that archaic kingdom that brings forth tears and terrors, nightmares, babies and bedazzlements," and by a long...

HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that it has reached new price agreements with sellers that conform to a settlement with the Justice Department over allegations that five publishers and Apple colluded to set prices for e-books.

Nora Ephron, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker and director behind "Sleepless in Seattle," died on Tuesday.

The University of Oregon has the opportunity to purchase the Ken Kesey Collection and keep it in its current home, the Knight Library.

Eugene, a tie-dyed city that was counterculture before counterculture was cool, is an unlikely home for a college football powerhouse.

Author Rowan Somerville won literature's little-coveted Bad Sex in Fiction Prize Monday for the use of unsettling insect imagery in his novel "The Shape of Her."

"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" is a remarkably balanced look at a man whose creativity sprang from his perpetual state of imbalance.