A Community of Introverts

“What I want to know is, since when does making art require participation in any community, beyond the intense participation that the art itself is undertaking? Since when am I not contributing to the community if all I want to do is make the art itself?” Meghan Tifft gives voice to the struggle of the introverted writer in an essay for The Atlantic.

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.