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100 1 $aBissell, Tom,$d1974-$eauthor.
245 10$aMagic hours :$bessays on creators and creation /$cTom Bissell.
250 $aFirst Vintage Books edition.
250 $aUpdated edition.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,$c[2018].
300 $a331 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published in slightly different form in the United States by Believer Books, a division of McSweeney's, San Francisco, in 2012.--Title page verso.
505 00$tUnflowered Aloes --$tEscanaba's magic hour --$tGrief and the outsider --$tWriting about writing about writing --$tNo dying light --$tRules of engagement --$tEuphorias of Perrier --$tStill rising --$tThe secret mainstream --$tKapuscinski's last journey --$tSymbolic value --$tGreat and terrible truths --$tCinema crudit --$tA simple medium --$tInvisible girl --$tThe theory and practice of not giving a shit --$tGoddesses and dreams --$tEverything about everything.
520 $aFor more than a decade, award-winning writer (and co- author of The Disaster Artist) Tom Bissell has explored questions at the heart of the creative endeavor in astute, remarkable and often hilarious essays. What are sitcoms for, exactly? Can art be both bad and genius? Why do some books survive and others vanish? These pieces cover Bissell's best writing on writers, filmmakers, actors and artists. From Portland, where he visits a midnight screening of The Room, to the Los Angeles set of The Big Bang Theory, to an editorial meeting in New York from which Paula Fox's work was relaunched into the world, Bissell's journeys make for unforgettable reading. Above all, he illustrates that to create something anything, is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capapble of magic.--Back coer.
650 0$aCreative ability.
650 0$aAmerican essays.
650 0$aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.).