Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation

Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation

By
Tom Bissell
Tom Bissell
2012 • 301 pages

From the set of The Big Bang Theory to the first novel of Ernest Hemingway to the film documentaries of Werner Herzog, the author explores the creative process in a series of essays.

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