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{{Short description|American writer}}
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[[File:Seabrook John 7FILMos2012 03.JPG|thumb|Seabrook at the 7 Moscow International Book Festival, 2012]]
{{for|the African-American pastor and president-emeritus of Huston–Tillotson University|John Jarvis Seabrook}}
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'''John Seabrook''' is an American writer.[[File:Seabrook John 7FILMos2012 03.JPG|thumb|Seabrook at the 7 Moscow International Book Festival, 2012]]


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He graduated from [[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School (DE)]] in 1976, [[Princeton University]] in 1981 and received an [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in English Literature from [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. He began his career writing about business and published in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]'', ''[[The Village Voice]]'', and the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''. To date, he has published four books besides contributing numerous articles to ''[[The New Yorker]]''. A [[Flash of Genius (film)|feature film]] based on his 2008 book ''Flash of Genius'' was released on October 3, 2008. His new book, [[The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory]] was published in October, 2015.
''' John Seabrook''' is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] who writes about technology and popular culture. He has been a staff writer at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' since 1993.<ref>{{cite web|author=|title=Contributors: John Seabrook|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_seabrook/search?contributorName=john%20seabrook|publisher=[[The New Yorker]]|date=|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>

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Seabrook graduated from [[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School (DE)]] in 1976, [[Princeton University]] in 1981 and received an [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in English Literature from [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. He began his career writing about business and published in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]'', ''[[The Village Voice]]'', and the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]''. To date, he has published four books besides contributing numerous articles to ''The New Yorker''. A [[Flash of Genius (film)|feature film]] based on his 2008 book ''Flash of Genius'' was released on October 3, 2008. His new book, [[The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory]] was published in October, 2015.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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===Books===
===Books===
*{{cite book |author=Seabrook, John |authormask= |title=Deeper : my two-year odyssey in cyberspace |location= |publisher=Touchstone Books |year=1997}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John -->|title=Deeper : my two-year odyssey in cyberspace |publisher=Touchstone Books |year=1997}}
*{{cite book |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |title=Nobrow : the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture |location= |publisher=Methuen |year=2000}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=Nobrow : the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture |publisher=Methuen |year=2000}}
*{{cite book |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |title=Flash of genius and other true stories of invention |location= |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2008}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=Flash of genius and other true stories of invention |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2008}}
*{{cite book |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |title=The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory |location= |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|year=2015}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true|title=Hit Charade|journal=[[The Atlantic]]|author=Nathaniel Rich|issue=October 2015|accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref>
* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=The song machine : inside the hit factory |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2015}}


===Essays and reporting===
===Essays and reporting===
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask= |date=January 10, 1994 |title=E-mail from Bill |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume= |issue= |pages= |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/01/10/e-mail-from-bill |<!--accessdate=2016-06-06-->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John -->|date=January 10, 1994 |title=E-mail from Bill |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/01/10/e-mail-from-bill <!--|access-date=2016-06-06-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=December 1, 2003 |title=It came from Hollywood |department=Dept. of Special Effects |journal=The New Yorker |pages= |url=}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=December 1, 2003 |title=It came from Hollywood |department=Dept. of Special Effects |journal=The New Yorker }}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=October 11, 2010|title=Peekers |department=The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Visitations|journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=86 |issue=31 |pages=38|url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/10/11/101011ta_talk_seabrook}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=November 3, 2008 |title=Couch potato politics |department=The Talk of the Town. Sixty Seconds |journal=The New Yorker |volume=84 |issue=35 |pages=46, 48 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/03/couch-potato-politics <!--|access-date=2021-10-19-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=January 16, 2012|title=Streaming dreams |department=Annals of Technology |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=87 |issue=44 |pages=24–30 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/16/streaming-dreams |accessdate=10 October 2014}} Subject: [[YouTube]].
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=October 11, 2010 |title=Peekers |department=The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Visitations|journal=The New Yorker |volume=86 |issue=31 |pages=38|url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/10/11/101011ta_talk_seabrook}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=January 30, 2012 |title=Re-Start |department=The Talk of the Town: Fountain of Youth Dept. |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=87 |issue=46 |pages=20 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/01/30/120130ta_talk_seabrook}} Subject: [[Nolan Bushnell]].
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 16, 2012 |title=Streaming dreams |department=Annals of Technology |journal=The New Yorker |volume=87 |issue=44 |pages=24–30 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/16/streaming-dreams <!--|access-date=10 October 2014-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>[[YouTube]].</ref>
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Glass Half Full |department=The Talk of the Town: The Musical Life |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=88 |issue=38 |pages=42 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/03/glass-half-full |accessdate=2014-12-11}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 30, 2012 |title=Re-start |department=The Talk of the Town: Fountain of Youth Dept. |journal=The New Yorker |volume=87 |issue=46 |pages=20 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/01/30/120130ta_talk_seabrook}}<ref group=lower-alpha>[[Nolan Bushnell]].</ref>
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=January 28, 2013 |title=Tarrytown boy |department=The Talk of the Town. Comeback Dept. |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=88 |issue=45 |pages=23 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/28/tarrytown-boy |accessdate=2015-04-07}} [[Tim Maia]].
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=December 3, 2012 |title=Glass half full |department=The Talk of the Town: The Musical Life |journal=The New Yorker |volume=88 |issue=38 |pages=42 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/03/glass-half-full <!--|access-date=2014-12-11-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=March 4, 2013 |title=Caloric sounds |department=Talk of the Town. Have You Heard This One? |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=18, 20 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/04/caloric-sounds |accessdate=2015-05-06}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 28, 2013 |title=Tarrytown boy |department=The Talk of the Town. Comeback Dept. |journal=The New Yorker |volume=88 |issue=45 |pages=23 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/28/tarrytown-boy <!--|access-date=2015-04-07-->}} [[Tim Maia]].
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=July 22, 2013 |title=The Beach Builders |department=Our Local Correspondents |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=89 |issue=21 |pages=42–51 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/22/the-beach-builders |accessdate=2014-10-29}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=March 4, 2013 |title=Caloric sounds |department=Talk of the Town. Have You Heard This One? |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=18, 20 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/04/caloric-sounds <!--|access-date=2015-05-06-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=September 30, 2013 |title=A dog's life |department=The Talk of the Town. Here to There Dept. |journal=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=89 |issue=30 |pages=25 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/a-dogs-life-5 |accessdate=2015-02-09}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=July 22, 2013 |title=The Beach Builders |department=Our Local Correspondents |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=21 |pages=42–51 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/22/the-beach-builders <!--|access-date=2014-10-29-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=February 3, 2014 |title=Names |department=The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Hoopla |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=47 |pages=20, 22 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/03/names-6 |<!--accessdate=2017-12-21-->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=September 30, 2013 |title=A dog's life |department=The Talk of the Town. Here to There Dept. |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=30 |pages=25 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/a-dogs-life-5 <!--|access-date=2015-02-09-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=July 11–18, 2016 |title=The mixologist : how Mike Will made it |department=Profiles |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=21 |pages=34–42 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/how-mike-will-made-it |<!--accessdate=2017-11-15-->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=February 3, 2014 |title=Names |department=The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Hoopla |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=47 |pages=20, 22 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/03/names-6 <!--access-date=2017-12-21-->}}
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=January 23, 2017 |title=My father's cellar : a lifetime of drinking |department=Personal History |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=43 |pages=22–28 | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/23/behind-the-cellar-door |<!--accessdate=2018-02-25-->}}<ref>Online version is titled "Behind the cellar door".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=May 12, 2014 |title=Hey, hey |department=The Talk of the Town. Never Say Never |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=12 |pages=27 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/hey-hey <!--access-date=2018-11-30-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>[[Michael Nesmith]].</ref>
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=August 21, 2017 |title=High ceilings |department=The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=24 |pages=17–18 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/randy-newman-contemplates-the-universe |<!--accessdate=2017-12-18-->}}<ref>Online version is titled "Randy Newman contemplates the universe".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=February 2, 2015 |title=Free |department=The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=46 |pages=21 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/free-6 <!--access-date=2019-08-29-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Inuit throat singer [[Tanya Tagaq]].</ref>
*{{cite journal |author=Seabrook, John |authormask=1 |date=December 4, 2017 |title=Top jocks : Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers are lighting up New York's racetracks |department=The Sporting Scene |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=39 |pages=38–45 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/puerto-ricos-ortiz-brothers-light-up-horse-racing |<!--accessdate=2018-03-24-->}}<ref>Online version is titled "Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers light up horse racing".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=April 20, 2015 |title=Full reverb |department=The Talk of the Town. Game Night |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=9 |pages=33 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/20/full-reverb <!--access-date=2020-04-22-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Game night with Laura Marling".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=May 25, 2015 |title=Third Act |department=The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=14 |pages=24–25 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/25/third-act <!--access-date=2020-05-04-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Title in the online table of contents is "Beyond 'Uptown Funk'".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=July 11–18, 2016 |title=The mixologist : how Mike Will made it |department=Profiles |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=21 |pages=34–42 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/how-mike-will-made-it <!--access-date=2017-11-15-->}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 23, 2017 |title=My father's cellar : a lifetime of drinking |department=Personal History |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=43 |pages=22–28 | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/23/behind-the-cellar-door <!--access-date=2018-02-25-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Behind the cellar door".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=August 21, 2017 |title=High ceilings |department=The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=24 |pages=17–18 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/randy-newman-contemplates-the-universe <!--access-date=2017-12-18-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Randy Newman contemplates the universe".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=December 4, 2017 |title=Top jocks : Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers are lighting up New York's racetracks |department=The Sporting Scene |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=39 |pages=38–45 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/puerto-ricos-ortiz-brothers-light-up-horse-racing <!--access-date=2018-03-24-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers light up horse racing".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=October 14, 2019 |title=The Next Word |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=95 |issue=36 |pages=52–63 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/can-a-machine-learn-to-write-for-the-new-yorker <!--access-date=2020-08-06-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?".</ref>
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|date=September 27, 2021 |title=Zero-proof therapy : can an ex-drinker return to the bar if non-alcoholic beer is on tap? |department=American Chronicles |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=30 |pages=30–36 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/27/an-ex-drinkers-search-for-a-sober-buzz <!--|access-date=2022-11-13-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "An ex-drinker’s search for a sober buzz".</ref>


===Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work===
===Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work===
;Nobrow
*{{cite journal |last=Foster |first=Hal |authormask= |date=21 September 2000 |title=Slumming with rappers at the Roxy |journal=[[London Review of Books]] |volume=22 |issue=18 |pages=16–18 |url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n18/hal-foster/slumming-with-rappers-at-the-roxy |accessdate=2015-05-06}} Review of ''Nobrow''.<ref>For comparison, see Peter Swirski's textbook on nobrow taste culture in America, ''From Lowbrow to Nobrow''.</ref>
* {{cite journal |last=Foster |first=Hal |date=21 September 2000 |title=Slumming with rappers at the Roxy |journal=[[London Review of Books]] |volume=22 |issue=18 |pages=16–18 |url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n18/hal-foster/slumming-with-rappers-at-the-roxy |access-date=2015-05-06}}<ref group=lower-alpha>For comparison, see Peter Swirski's textbook on nobrow taste culture in America, ''From Lowbrow to Nobrow''.</ref>
;The song machine
* {{cite journal|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true|title=Hit Charade|journal=[[The Atlantic]]|author=Nathaniel Rich|issue=October 2015|access-date=24 September 2015}}
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.johnseabrook.com]
*[http://www.johnseabrook.com]
*[http://us.macmillan.com/flashofgenius Official Publisher's page for John Seabrook]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080925041226/http://us.macmillan.com/flashofgenius Official Publisher's page for John Seabrook]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208004727/http://booknoise.net/johnseabrook/books/index.html Webpages dedicated to John Seabrook]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208004727/http://booknoise.net/johnseabrook/books/index.html Webpages dedicated to John Seabrook]
*[http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?bylquery=John%20Seabrook&sort=publishDate%20desc,%20score%20desc&queryType=nonparsed Contributions] to ''The New Yorker''
*[http://www.newyorker.com/search/query?bylquery=John%20Seabrook&sort=publishDate%20desc,%20score%20desc&queryType=nonparsed Contributions] to ''The New Yorker''



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Latest revision as of 10:34, 13 September 2024

For the African-American pastor and president-emeritus of Huston–Tillotson University, see John Jarvis Seabrook.

John Seabrook is an American writer.

Seabrook at the 7 Moscow International Book Festival, 2012

He graduated from St. Andrew's School (DE) in 1976, Princeton University in 1981 and received an M.A. in English Literature from Oxford. He began his career writing about business and published in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including Harper's, Vanity Fair, GQ, The Nation, The Village Voice, and the Christian Science Monitor. To date, he has published four books besides contributing numerous articles to The New Yorker. A feature film based on his 2008 book Flash of Genius was released on October 3, 2008. His new book, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory was published in October, 2015.

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Deeper : my two-year odyssey in cyberspace. Touchstone Books. 1997.
  • Nobrow : the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture. Methuen. 2000.
  • Flash of genius and other true stories of invention. St. Martin's Griffin. 2008.
  • The song machine : inside the hit factory. W. W. Norton & Company. 2015.

Essays and reporting

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Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work

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Nobrow
The song machine

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Notes
  1. ^ YouTube.
  2. ^ Nolan Bushnell.
  3. ^ Michael Nesmith.
  4. ^ Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
  5. ^ Online version is titled "Game night with Laura Marling".
  6. ^ Title in the online table of contents is "Beyond 'Uptown Funk'".
  7. ^ Online version is titled "Behind the cellar door".
  8. ^ Online version is titled "Randy Newman contemplates the universe".
  9. ^ Online version is titled "Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers light up horse racing".
  10. ^ Online version is titled "Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?".
  11. ^ Online version is titled "An ex-drinker’s search for a sober buzz".
  12. ^ For comparison, see Peter Swirski's textbook on nobrow taste culture in America, From Lowbrow to Nobrow.

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