Media Debate

Why Humans Write

May 12, 2023

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Media Debate, About Poetry, Communication | Read More

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.

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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.

Media Debate, Yawping Wild, Truth-telling | Read More

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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