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.
Media Debate
Why Humans Write
May 12, 2023
Call to Action: The Trouble with Money and Publishing
Nov 21, 2022
Podcast with Neva Talladen and John Vogel
Support for the HarperCollins strikers, an ode to NaNoWriMo novelists, and a call for TW donations.
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.
Do Poems Need to Be Accessible?
Nov 13, 2017
Response by Neil de la Flor
It's a poem about the transformational power of speaking out in the face of thousands of 'fans' booing you.
How Transparent Should Poetry Be?
Nov 13, 2017
Essay by Steve Lewis
Only a smattering of folks across the country understand the language, and I’m sorry to say that doesn’t include many academics.
Trump Is Our Fault, Too
Sep 18, 2017
TW Column by Steven Lewis
We were so blind that, in the name of righteousness, we committed our own ethical and moral atrocities.
Agreeing with the Other Side Can Be Revolutionary
Sep 13, 2017
Essay by Phoebe Farag Mikhail
No political group fully represents my views. I’m a bridge person.
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 Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
Oct 10, 2016
An Open Letter by David Biddle
E-book apps in 2016 should be as revolutionary as word processors were back in the 1980s.
Dear Rupert Murdoch (and Mark Zuckerberg)
Sep 19, 2016
Open Letter by Jeremiah Horrigan
As I’ve learned the hard way, Mr. Murdoch, you weren’t the worst thing to happen to me or journalism.
