Taking a New Direction

Being fired isn’t all bad …

What do you miss least about that old job?

A native of Evanston, Illinois, David Masello has made his living in New York City as a writer and editor for more than thirty years. He began his career as a nonfiction book editor at Simon and Schuster, then held senior editorial positions at many magazines, including Travel & Leisure, Art and Antiques, and Town and Country. He’s currently executive editor of Milieu, a magazine about design and architecture. The author of two books about art and architecture, he’s a widely published essayist and poet whose work appears in the New York Times, Best American Essays, and numerous literary and art magazines.