The Article on Loneliness

As the narrative begins, the author is asked to write an article on the health dangers associated with loneliness, and on what his editor sees as the epidemic of loneliness in America. The article serves as a trigger for the author's own considerations of both loneliness and friendship as a means of countering both loneliness and its effects. The article is, therefore, a catalyst for the existence of this book.

"Wednesday Nights"

This is the term for both an event and a place - specifically, a regular gathering hosted by an acquaintance of the author. The gathering, in the author's understanding and in his acquaintance's intention, was an opportunity for friends to gather and connect. As both an event and the site of that event (i.e., a place), it defines a model that the author seeks to emulate throughout his search for friendship...