To All The Introvert Writers

I am an introvert.

When you read these words, how do you hear them? Does it somehow sound confessional, as though I am admitting a personal failing? In truth, many people feel this way. It’s no wonder, given a wider culture that celebrates the charismatic, externally confident individual.

I felt this most clearly in my early twenties when a colleague pulled me aside and chastised me for being so socially aloof. “You need to come out with us in the evenings and weekends. It’s unhealthy for you...