Ben Sisario is an American academic, author, and journalist.
Career
He is a staff reporter for ''
The New York Times
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'', covering music and culture. Sisario is also the author of ''Doolittle'' (2006) a non-fiction book in the
33⅓ series about the
studio album
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''
Doolittle'' (1989) by the
Pixies
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, an
alternative-rock band.
Sisario is a contributor to''
Blender
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'', ''
New York'', ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'', ''
Spin'', New York City
public-radio station
WFUV
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and ''
The Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the crea ...
s annual Pazz & Jop music critics' poll.
Tisch School of the Arts faculty biography
He is a member of the teaching faculty at the Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
at New York University
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In 1832, the ...
, instructing courses on ''Rock Music in Historical Context'' and ''Writing for Popular Music''.
See also
* List of American journalists
This is a list of selected American print journalists, including some of the more notable figures of 20th-century newspaper and magazine journalism.
19th-century print journalists
* M. E. C. Bates (1839–1905) – writer, journalist, newspaper ed ...
* Lists of American writers
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
* List of New York University people
This list of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of New York University.
Legend
The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges:
In 1973, the New York U ...
* List of non-fiction writers
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*Countries named are where authors ''worked'' for long periods.
*Subject codes: A (architecture), Aa (applied art ...
* List of The New York Times employees
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Current
Publisher
* A. G. Sulzberger (2018–present)
Masthead
List of masthead employees as of August 2022:
News
* Joseph Kahn, executive editor
...
References
Bibliography
* Sisario, Ben (2006). ''Doolittle''. New York City: Continuum Publishing
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. .
External links
Crimes Against Music
Sisario's blog ''Crimes Against Music''
with ''The Uberlist''
*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American music journalists
Living people
The New York Times writers
Tisch School of the Arts faculty
Radio personalities from New York City
Writers from New York City
WFUV people
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