Essay by Martha Nichols
The engineering mindset of AI researchers is so different from my own that the media coverage of AI to date has left me feeling alone, stuck in an alternate universe.
First Person
Why Humans Write
May 12, 2023
No One Is Coming to Save Us (Except Us)
Jun 28, 2022
A Call to Action by Martha Nichols
Don’t let the Court’s decision to overturn Roe—or the findings of the January 6 hearings—or the continuing disaster of climate change—make you give up.
Dreams of Escape
May 04, 2020
Essay by Martha Nichols
Humor is a go-to defense in our family when things go wrong, but so much is wrong now.
Remembering Michael Steinberg (1940–2019)
Dec 19, 2019
Essay by Martha Nichols
He loved self-reflection—the way memory, personal changes over time, and reality can come together to conjure a place far beyond documentation.
Editor Talk: Martha Nichols
Nov 26, 2018
A Conversation with TW's Editor in Chief
Creative people are always juggling a lot of things—always. That's the nature of creativity.
My Favorite Misfit: Ursula K. Le Guin
Apr 30, 2018
Essay by Martha Nichols
Rather than walking the road back to my teenage obsession with science fiction, I’ve realized what I owe her as a journalist and teacher.
Free Speech and Grassroots Writing
Feb 06, 2017
TW Column by Martha Nichols
I sometimes forget that the most effective creative writing has nothing to do with schooling or publishing.
Dear Gretchen Carlson, Formerly of Fox News
Sep 05, 2016
Open Letter by Martha Nichols
When I read liberal commenters damning you with faint praise, I see ugly attitudes about women exposed.
How I Became a First-Person Journalist
Mar 21, 2016
TW Column by Martha Nichols
In literary circles, nonfiction writing is often called everything but journalism.
The Case of the Disappearing Editor
Jun 15, 2015
TW Column by Martha Nichols
In the battle over submission fees, what troubles me most is the idea that writers do everything and editors do nothing.
