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Seth Kaufman (c. 1963) is an American novelist and ghostwriter. He has published several satirical works and co-written numerous nonfiction books with nationally-known American figures.
Early life and education
The son of a journalist, Kaufman grew up overseas in Kenya and India.[1] He attended graduate school in Albany, NY, where he co-founded the alt-rock dance band Mambo-X.[2]
Career
Kaufman began his writing career as a "copyboy" at the New York Post, eventually becoming a reporter for the paper's Page Six gossip column.[3]
In 2012 Kaufman published his first book, The King of Pain, which depicts a reality TV show in which contestants agree to submit to torture. "[4]. The NY Daily News wrote about the book in relation to reality TV's Jersey Shore,[5] and the Wall St. Journal covered Kaufman as well.[6] He continued his satirical bent writing several humor pieces for the New Yorker website.[7]
Kaufman co-wrote a 2016 NFL memoir, Eat My Schwartz, with fraternal offensive linemen Mitchell Schwartz and Geoff Schwartz, which football writer Mike Freeman called, "easily, one of the most unique and well-done books about NFL life I've ever read." [8] That same year Kaufman published Nuns with Guns, a sequel to his first novel that focuses on a TV show devoted to gun control.[9] In 2018, he wrote Pitino: My Story with legendary basketball coach Rick Pitino.[10] In 2019, he and Brigadier General Robert Spalding authored Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept, [11] which the Washington Examiner reviewed.[12] That same year also saw the publication of Kaufman's collection of humorous music essays, Metaphysical Graffiti.[13]
In 2022, Kaufman published The Seductive Lady Vanessa of Manhattanshire, an update of Don Quixote that satirizes contemporary romance fiction.[14]
Critical response
Kaufman's first two novels satirize reality TV and caught the attention of a NY Times critic, who focused on The King of Pain as way to discuss whether unscripted TV was post-satire. In a follow-up article, the critic noted that [15] Scholar Rüdiger Kunow, in his essay, "Human Pain and the Crucible of Representation,"[16] noted the book "puts readers in a position not unlike the viewers ...[becoming] pain voyeurs as much as the fictional TV audience." As for Nuns with Guns, the novel's focus on gun control drew notice from Publishers Weekly,[17] literary publications[18] and pop culture news sites.[19]
References
- ↑ "Metaphysical Graffiti: Rock's Most Mind-Bending Questions | Seth Kaufman".
- ↑ "Mambo-X come back to rock some more". 12 January 2021.
- ↑ "About Me | Seth Kaufman Writer".
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (28 December 2012). "TV Where Too Far is Never Far Enough". The New York Times.
- ↑ https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/writer-reveals-secret-creepy-clause-jersey-shore-contracts-article-1.1106008
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323475304578501390745524694
- ↑ "Seth Kaufman". The New Yorker.
- ↑ Freeman, Mike. "Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Success a Complicated Concept for Jerry Jones". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ↑ "Nuns with Guns". The Audiobook Review. August 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Pitino: My Story by Rick Pitino". Publishers Weekly. 2018.
- ↑ Spalding, Robert (October 2019). Stealth War: How China Took over While America's Elite Slept. ISBN 978-0593084342.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/china-is-winning-its-stealth-war-against-the-us
- ↑ Hedgecock, Andy (12 July 2018). "Rock-solid response". Morning Star.
- ↑ "The Female Quixote and Me".
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (July 24, 2013). "A Hoarder Even Finds Room for a TV Crew" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Hartung, Heike (2018-08-31). Embodied Narration: Illness, Death and Dying in Modern Culture. transcript Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8394-4306-4.
- ↑ "Nuns with Guns by Seth Kaufman". www.publishersweekly.com. 2016. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ↑ "CCLaP Fridays: Nuns with Guns, by Seth Kaufman". May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "The Year's Best New Reality Show Concept Is Actually A Book —'Nuns With Guns'". RadarOnline. March 7, 2016.
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