Barry Divola

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Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author. [1]

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Birth and family

Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author. [1] Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College. [2] He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two young daughters. [3]

Writing career

Divola is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and was a columnist and feature writer for that newspaper's monthly publication, (sydney) magazine , where he presented the columns Street Life and Hole in the Wall. He was the music critic for Who , a senior writer for Rolling Stone and contributor to Madison and Entertainment Weekly . [4]

Bibliography

Books

Essays and reporting

Album reviews

Album titleArtistReviewed in
Kindred Passion Pit Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Passion Pit's ecstatic pop". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 90.
No Pier Pressure Brian Wilson Divola, Barry (May 2015). "The man who wasn't there". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 92.
Beat the Champ The Mountain Goats Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 94.
Postcards from Paradise Ringo Starr Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 97.
Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Sufjan's quiet contemplation". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 98.

Awards

He won the Banjo Paterson Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories Nipple, Cicada Boy and Nixon. [6]

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