NEW YORK - 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 literature in 1999 and wondered if the "Academy" wasn't some kind of beach club or country club. "I thought maybe I get discounts at local restaurants. I had no idea," he joked during a recent interview.
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
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