Carola Dibbell

Carola Dibbell (born April 4, 1945)[1][2] is an American music journalist and author. Her short stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Paris Review, and other publications.[3] She has also written music and film reviews, as well as articles about children's media, for the Village Voice.[3] Her first book, the sci-fi novel The Only Ones, was published by Two Dollar Radio in 2015. The Washington Post's Nancy Hightower named it one of the best science fiction books of 2015.[4]

Carola Dibbell
Dibbell in 2015
Born (1945-04-04) April 4, 1945
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Music journalist
  • author
Alma materRadcliffe College
GenreScience fiction
Spouse
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(m. 1974)​
Children1
Website
caroladibbell.com

Early life

Dibbell was born in New York City and grew up in Greenwich Village.[3] She attended Hunter College High School and is a graduate of Radcliffe College.

Personal life

Dibbell married music critic Robert Christgau, who first introduced her to music criticism, in 1974.[3][5] Together they adopted a daughter, Nina Dibbell Christgau,[6] and have long lived in New York, as of 2020.

References
  1. Obenauf, Eric (April 5, 2015). "Human Voices: Carola Dibbell Interviewed".
  2. Lethem, Jonathan; Dettmar, Kevin (23 May 2017). Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z. ISBN 9781598535327.
  3. "About Carola Dibbell". Caroladibbell.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  4. Hightower, Nancy (18 November 2015). "Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015". The Washington Post.
  5. Stevens, Dana (4 March 2015). "Beautifully, Profoundly, Naively, Contradictorily, Romantically, Kinetically, Jokily, Cockily, Fearfully, Drunkenly, Goofily, Impudently". Slate.
  6. Jaffe Robins, Sonia (April 29, 2015). "PW Talks with Carola Dibbell".


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