Carlo Rotella

Biography

Carlo Rotella is a professor of English, American Studies, and Journalism at Boston College. His most recent book is The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood (Chicago UP, 2019).

Carlo Rotella

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ESSAYS / Fall 2024

A Tempo

By Carlo Rotella ,  Illustration by Wayne Brezinka

In the face of all this time-distress, I try to keep foremost in mind that this world is full of beautiful and true things rather than reasons to watch the clock and become anxious, and one should be grateful rather than oppressed by...

Illustration by Wayne Brezinka
ESSAYS / Winter 2021

Boxing Lessons

By Carlo Rotella ,  Illustration by Iveta Karpathyova

Hollywood’s Infatuation with the Fights

Illustration by Iveta Karpathyova