John M. Seabrook Jr. (born January 17, 1959) is an American writer and journalist. He has worked for ''

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'' weekly magazine for many years, and has four published books.

Biography

Seabrook graduated from St. Andrew's School (DE) in 1976,

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in 1981 and received an M.A. in English Literature from

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. He began his career writing about business and published in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including '' Manhattan, inc.'', ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', '' GQ'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. To date, he has published four books besides contributing numerous articles to ''

''. A

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by Marc Abraham based on his 2008 book ''Flash of Genius'' was released on October 2008, starring

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. His new book, ''The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory'' was published in October, 2015.

Bibliography

Books

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Essays and reporting

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Michael Nesmith Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their The Monkees (TV series), TV series of the same name (1966–1968) ...

. * Inuk 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?". * Online version is titled "An ex-drinker’s search for a sober buzz".

Critical studies and reviews of Seabrook's work

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External links

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