How To Capture The Uncapturable (In Sports, Music & Everything In Between)
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Carlo Rotella at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities
“Knockout Punches and Barroom Weepers: Writing About Sports and Music“
101 Archer
April 18, 2024
What do music and sports have in common? They defy words, for starters — an irony not lost on Carlo Rotella, a New York Times Magazine writer, Boston College professor, and award-winning author of books about cities, boxing, and blues.
Last Thursday was a windy night downtown. As Nicole Bauer, associate director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, introduced Rotella, a gust hit the courtyard of 101 Archer, coming in just powerful enough to rustle even the most stalwart, perfectly manicured hedge. That strong current of air seemed like an appropriate welcome into his talk: this year’s theme at the OCH, after all, is “movement.”
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