excerpts
The Day I Quit Baseball, Then Came Back
In an excerpt from his new book with Tim Brown, ‘The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life,’ Rick Ankiel recounts the three hours he quit the St. Louis Cardinals.
Jen Agg: Stop Calling Women 'Outspoken'
"When you're a woman... having opinions always translates to 'outspoken.'"
How Boston Legend Barbara Lynch Got Her Flagship Restaurant Off The Ground
"This wasn’t like bullshitting a cruise-ship captain to get a job. It was much more intimate." An excerpt from her just-released memoir 'Out of Line: A Life Playing With Fire.'
Everything You Wanted to Know About MILFs but Were Afraid to Ask Because You Are Going to Be a Priest
Read an excerpt from Patricia Lockwood's hilarious upcoming memoir, 'Priestdaddy.'
Read the First Story from Kathleen Collins's Brilliant 'Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?'
The nearly lost collection of stories by the celebrated filmmaker Kathleen Collins is really, really good.
Hot Damn, KOOL A.D. Wrote a Book
After releasing a shitload of projects this year—including not only one, but two 100-track mixtapes—the rapper has released a novel called 'OK.' Read an excerpt here.
The Internet Is (Still) for Porn
Pixels, porn, proliferation. Read an excerpt from Virginia Heffernan's 'Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art.'
Read an Excerpt from Moby's Page-Turning Rave Memoir 'Porcelain'
Read a chronicle about Moby miming his British television debut.
Janna Jihad, the Youngest Journalist in Palestine
In this excerpt from 'Digital Intifada,' VICE News meets a nine-year-old Palestinian activist who uses Facebook to share video reports from her village in the West Bank.
How to Make Fake Bills Look Real
In this excerpt from 'Lima's Fake Dollars,' VICE News meets a counterfeiter who goes through the finishing techniques used to make forged $20 dollar bills look believable.
The Israelis Helping Ukrainian Jews Flee the Country
In this excerpt from 'Europe's Jewish Exodus,' VICE News travels to eastern Ukraine, where increasing numbers of Jewish people are packing their bags, leaving their war-torn homes, and preparing to move to Israel.