616. How to Make Something from Nothing
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Adam Moss was the best magazine editor of his generation. When he retired, he took up painting. But he wasn’t very good, and that made him sad. So he wrote a book about how creative people work— and, in the process, he made himself happy again.
- SOURCE:
- Adam Moss, magazine editor and author.
- RESOURCES:
- The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing, by Adam Moss (2024).
- "Goodbye, New York. Adam Moss Is Leaving the Magazine He Has Edited for 15 Years," by Michael M. Grynbaum (The New York Times, 2019).
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, by Samin Nosrat (2017).
- EXTRAS:
- "David Simon Is On Strike. Here’s Why," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Samin Nosrat Always Wanted to Be Famous," by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
- "What’s Wrong with Being a One-Hit Wonder?" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
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Adam Moss was the best magazine editor of his generation. When he retired, he took up painting. But he wasn’t very good, and that made him sad. So he wrote a book about how creative people work— and, in the process, he made himself happy again.