Carlo Rotella

professor, Boston College, 2004 PEN Award

Dr. Carlo Rotella is Associate Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Boson College. He has also taught at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Lafayette College, and Wesleyan University. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Yale University. He has published three books: *Cut Time: An Education at the Fights*, which won a PEN New England Award and was a finalist for the *LA Times* Book Prize; *Good with Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt*; and *October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature*. He has also published chapters in other books and numerous essays and articles in journals and magazines. He has appeared on the NPR shows *Fresh Air* and *Only a Game*.