Welty, Stegner, Florida, Place

I once spent three years writing a novel about New Orleans. It was built around a football season. I grew up loving football. It was, still is, a dream of mine to write a book scaffolded on sport. I love the way sports shift and alter, thrill, and excite; the textures and the rhythms of a team.

We lived a year in New Orleans. Young and without kids, we s…