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Martha Nichols

Martha Nichols is the Editor-in-Chief of the online literary magazine Talking Writing.

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Can video games spark my son’s imagination?

Martha Nichols
A swing set is seen in the backyard of Torry Hansen and Nancy Hansen's shared backyard in Shelbyville, Tenn. on Friday, April 9, 2010. Russia has threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems. Artyom Savelyev was put on a plane by his adopted grandmother, Nancy Hansen. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson) (AP)

Adoption fearmongers take over

Martha Nichols
Noah Ringer in "The Last Airbender."

Shyamalan’s weak defense of “Airbender” racism

Martha Nichols
Laurence Olivier as Zeus in the 1981 version of "Clash of the Titans."

Sweet Zeus! Where are the good Greek films?

Martha Nichols
The new addition to the Cambridge Public Library

The death of the library book

Martha Nichols

Haitian adoptions: Why race matters

Martha Nichols
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan and Jackson Rathbone in "The Last Airbender"

Asian characters whitewashed by Shyamalan

Martha Nichols