A Year in Reading: Andrew Leland
For all its famous compatibility with solitude, reading remains a deeply social act; becoming a writer can expand this convivial, networked aspect of reading. This feeling grew in me at the end of 2022, when I was finishing the editorial process on my first book and beginning the hypersocial process of promoting it. I interviewed Namwali Serpell about her incredible novel at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Mass. That evening, Namwali introduced me to her fiancé, , whose essay collection’s title, was arresting enough to make it the first book I read in 2023.
