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Every book Adam Moss recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Adam Moss has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of December 19, 2024.
- Adam Moss has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of December 19, 2024.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of December 19, 2024.
- The 3 books Adam Moss has mentioned in the most episodes, as of December 19, 2024: Faux Pas, Interviews with Francis Bacon and Richard Diebenkorn.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Adam Moss aired on December 19, 2024.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Adam Moss appears on, in one place — not just one.
Adam Moss is an American magazine and newspaper editor. From 2004 to 2019, he was the editor-in-chief of New York magazine. During his tenure, New York won more National Magazine Awards than any other magazine overall, including Magazine of the Year in 2013 and General Excellence both in print and online in 2010. He oversaw the development and growth of New York’s website, launching the standalone sites Vulture and The Cut, among others. He is also the author of The Work of Art: How Something Comes From Nothing (2024). Appearing on podcasts including The Ezra Klein Show and Freakonomics Radio, Moss discussed various works exploring creative processes and artistic inspiration. On The Ezra Klein Show, he recommended Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester, stating that he learned a great deal about art from reading the conversations. He also recommended Faux Pas by Amy Sillman, praising the painter and writer for creating a fun book, and pointed listeners to a visual collection featuring the sketchbooks of Richard Diebenkorn. Furthermore, on Freakonomics Radio, Moss discussed George Saunders' novel Lincoln in the Bardo while explaining how he structured his own book around interviews with creators.
Books recommended by Adam Moss
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Faux Pas
Faux Pas by Amy Sillman, Charlotte Houette, Francois Lancien-Guilberteau, and Benjamin Thorel is a collection of writings and artworks that offers readers an engaging look into contemporary artistic practice through the eyes of a renowned painter and writer.
Recommended“another book written by one of the subjects of the book Amy s is a book called faux PA she's a great painter she is amazing writer and this book is so much fun”
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Interviews with Francis Bacon
Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester is a collection of intimate, probing conversations with the celebrated figurative painter that delve into his artistic philosophy, creative processes, and psychological motivations.
Recommended“one of them is a book of interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester I think there's nine of them I learned more about art from reading these interviews”
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Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn by Richard Diebenkorn is an intimate visual collection that showcases the extensive, multi-year sketchbooks of the celebrated American artist.
Recommended“it's the sketch books of Richard deborn it's just pages and pages and pages of years and years and years of his SketchBooks”
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders is a historical fiction novel that follows Abraham Lincoln in a Washington cemetery grieving his young son Willie amid a supernatural bardo of ghosts.
Discussed“George Saunders let's talk about how you wrote Lincoln in the BAU and David Mandel how you wrote a joke or Carol Walker”
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Books Adam Moss wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 616. How to Make Something from Nothing | Freakonomics Radio | 2024-12-19 | 1 |
| This Conversation With Adam Moss Made Me a Sharper Editor | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-04-23 | 3 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“In my book, I mean, everybody remembers their childhood as lonely, of course, but it is definitely true that one after another they described childhoods of isolation and of need, and then something came along to fill that need; among other things, they learn to talk to themselves—this is a big theme of my book.”