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Seabrook 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

Books

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

"E-mail from Bill". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. January 10, 1994.
"It came from Hollywood". Dept. of Special Effects. The New Yorker. December 1, 2003.
"Peekers". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Visitations. The New Yorker. 86 (31): 38. October 11, 2010.
"Streaming dreams". Annals of Technology. The New Yorker. 87 (44): 24–30. January 16, 2012.^[1]
"Re-start". The Talk of the Town: Fountain of Youth Dept. The New Yorker. 87 (46): 20. January 30, 2012.^[2]
"Glass half full". The Talk of the Town: The Musical Life. The New Yorker. 88 (38): 42. December 3, 2012.
"Tarrytown boy". The Talk of the Town. Comeback Dept. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 23. January 28, 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-07. Tim Maia.
"Caloric sounds". Talk of the Town. Have You Heard This One?. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 18, 20. March 4, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
"The Beach Builders". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 89 (21): 42–51. July 22, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
"A dog's life". The Talk of the Town. Here to There Dept. The New Yorker. 89 (30): 25. September 30, 2013. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
"Names". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Hoopla. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 20, 22. February 3, 2014.
"Hey, hey". The Talk of the Town. Never Say Never. The New Yorker. 90 (12): 27. May 12, 2014.^[3]
"Free". The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life. The New Yorker. 90 (46): 21. February 2, 2015.^[4]
"Full reverb". The Talk of the Town. Game Night. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 33. April 20, 2015.^[5]
"Third Act". The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life. The New Yorker. 91 (14): 24–25. May 25, 2015.^[6]
"The mixologist : how Mike Will made it". Profiles. The New Yorker. 92 (21): 34–42. July 11–18, 2016.
"My father's cellar : a lifetime of drinking". Personal History. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 22–28. January 23, 2017.^[7]
"High ceilings". The Talk of the Town. The Musical Life. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 17–18. August 21, 2017.^[8]
"Top jocks : Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers are lighting up New York's racetracks". The Sporting Scene. The New Yorker. 93 (39): 38–45. December 4, 2017.^[9]
"The Next Word". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 52–63. October 14, 2019.^[10]

Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work

Nobrow

Foster, Hal (21 September 2000). "Slumming with rappers at the Roxy". London Review of Books. 22 (18): 16–18. Retrieved 2015-05-06.^[11]

The song machine

Nathaniel Rich. "Hit Charade". The Atlantic (October 2015). Retrieved 24 September 2015.

Notes

^ YouTube.
^ Nolan Bushnell.
^ Michael Nesmith.
^ Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
^ Online version is titled "Game night with Laura Marling".
^ Title in the online table of contents is "Beyond 'Uptown Funk'".
^ Online version is titled "Behind the cellar door".
^ Online version is titled "Randy Newman contemplates the universe".
^ Online version is titled "Puerto Rico's Ortiz brothers light up horse racing".
^ Online version is titled "Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?".
^ For comparison, see Peter Swirski's textbook on nobrow taste culture in America, From Lowbrow to Nobrow.

External links

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[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] For comparison, see Peter Swirski's textbook on nobrow taste culture in America, From Lowbrow to Nobrow.

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-* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=Nobrow : the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture |location= |publisher=Methuen |year=2000}}
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-* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=Flash of genius and other true stories of invention |url=https://archive.org/details/flashofgeniusoth00john |url-access=registration |location= |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2008}}
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-* {{cite book <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=1 -->|title=The song machine : inside the hit factory |location= |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2015}}
+* {{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===
-* {{cite journal <!--|author=Seabrook, John |author-mask=  -->|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 <!--accessdate=2016-06-06-->}}
-* {{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 |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 |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 |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 <!--|accessdate=10 October 2014-->}}<ref>[[YouTube]].</ref>
+* {{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>[[YouTube]].</ref>
 * {{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>[[Nolan Bushnell]].</ref>
-* {{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 <!--|accessdate=2014-12-11-->}}
+* {{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 |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 |accessdate=2015-04-07}} [[Tim Maia]].
+* {{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 |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 |accessdate=2015-05-06}}
+* {{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 |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 |accessdate=2014-10-29}}
+* {{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 |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 |accessdate=2015-02-09}}
+* {{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 |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 <!--accessdate=2017-12-21-->}}
 * {{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 <!--accessdate=2018-11-30-->}}<ref>[[Michael Nesmith]].</ref>
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 ===Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work===
 ;Nobrow
-* {{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 |accessdate=2015-05-06}}<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>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|accessdate=24 September 2015}}
+* {{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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