In her last dispatch as a New York Times book critic, Jennifer Senior fittingly focuses on the acknowledgments sections of books. Sometimes we think of writing as a solitary pursuit, and largely it is. But when you get to the end and need to write the acknowledgments section, you realize how many people helped you along the way. I always thought that only nerds like me bothered to read acknowledgments, but I’ve received a surprising amount of positive feedback on what I wrote for my book. Maybe it connects because people know it comes from the heart.