FAITHFUL TO FENWAY Believing in Boston, Baseball, and America’s Most Beloved Ballpark

Studying the ways that people make sense of the world is impossible to do alone. We might assume that writing is a solitary act that we do sitting alone in our offices late at night, staring at our computers, spending too much time scratching our heads. But no one ever writes alone. We are social beings, even when we’re by ourselves. Not only are the words we use somebody else’s; most of our thoughts are too. Regardless of whether we’re writing a novel, a poem, or a sociological study, there’s always an audience. And when you’re writing your first book, which is how this project was conceived, that...