Books
Richard Hell Talks About His Epically Badass New Memoir
Richard Hell—legendary punk rock iconoclast, intrepid novelist, and poet—is lounging on his couch in the cozy East Village pad he’s called home since 1975. Considering how brutally forthcoming Richard is about his drug use in his new autobiography 'I...
We Love Synchrodogs and Their Naked People
Deep in the forests of Ukraine live two spritely photographers named Tania and Roman who work together in perfect harmony to create some of the most surreal, confounding, intriguing, and beautiful photographs of naked people we have ever seen.
The Wonderful Sieben of Oz
I love it when our friends become famous, especially when those friends come from the skateboarding world. So you can imagine how my heart sang when I heard that our very own columnist, Michael Sieben, had been tapped to give his visual interpretation...
Anne of Green Gables Is Now Totally Boneable
Anne of Green Gables used to be a lovably homely redheaded orphan. Which is why the story's new book jacket has been causing a stir among fans. Based on the new cover, I would guess that 'Anne of Green Gables' is the sultry tale of a romp in the barn...
The Great American Hack: David Foster Wallace and Aaron Swartz
I just finished 'Infinite Jest.' Like anyone who's spent months reading a 1,008-page book, particularly this one, I'm at a loss. It's sprawling, and by this point, all the important details from the novel's opening pages are teetering on the foggy...
My Studiomate Mike Aho Has a New Book
Unpiano Books recently published a book for my studiomate Mike Aho. It's not every day that somebody publishes a book for my studio-mate Mike Aho, so I thought I'd write something about the project to celebrate. The book is a collaboration between Mike...
Does ‘The Love Song of Jonny Valentine’ Explain Why I’ve Seen Justin Bieber Naked?
The idea of getting inside Bieber, not just gazing at his leaked private photos, is the unspoken subtext of Teddy Wayne’s new novel about a Bieberesque character that might serve as an origin story for all of society’s terrible, wonderful pop angels.
He’s Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits
Gene Gregorits is the greatest, truest writer you never heard of, unless you read the news right after he cut off his earlobe and ate it. Twice. How that hurricane of a man ever managed to sit still long enough to complete eight books, including the...
Anne Carson Vs. George Saunders
The first quarter of 2013 sees new works by two of the most highly regarded North American authors. George Saunders’s 'Tenth of December,' a collection of stories published over the last five years, and Anne Carson’s forthcoming 'Red Doc>, ' a...
Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #79
My New Year's resolution was to review all the comics that have piled up in my kitchen, around my bedroom, and in my bathroom. I owe it to the comic artists and publishers who have mailed them to me but I also owe it to me because it looks like my...
How Will the David Foster Wallace Legacy Survive Itself?
As much as I despise the thought that all this post-death doing is killing what was wonderful about what had been, it is a good reminder to anybody that what you do or say or create often only begins to define what you always are.
Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #78
I'll make the Best VICE Comics of 2012 at some point if I feel like it. Unless we all die from terrorists or asteroids, I bet 2013 will have some good comics too. I've never made a New Year's resolution before but my resolution for 2013 is to review a...