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• A Geek Girl’s Leonard Nimoy - March 4, 2015 - comments
• I’m a Klutz, Mr. Spock, Not a Bricklayer - February 8, 2010 - comments
• Another Outing for “Guilt Trip Into the Woods” - March 19, 2014 - comments
• When Writing About Writers Is Really Bad Writing - February 15, 2014 - comments
• A Tribute to My Father - February 3, 2014 - comments
• Martha at WRB: “Nice Girls Still Finish Last” - January 7, 2014 - comments
• Martha on Byliner - January 5, 2014 - comments
• Last Day! Make an End-of-Year Donation to Talking Writing - December 31, 2013 - comments
• Learning to Love Entropy - December 24, 2013 - comments
• Hermit Writers and AR Haters: Send Me Your Feedback - October 23, 2013 - comments
• TW’s New Issue: “Distraction” - October 3, 2013 - comments
• Why I Took a Vacation From Blogging - September 23, 2013 - comments
• Boston Pride: Kids, Be Brave - June 10, 2013 - comments
• Lilacs for My Mother - May 6, 2013 - comments
• Boston Lockdown - April 19, 2013 - comments
• Boston: Did I Say Too Much? - April 16, 2013 - comments
• Review of “The Mothers” on CSM - April 13, 2013 - comments
• Taylor Swift, Feminist - March 22, 2013 - comments
• Read My “Top Chef” Piece on BlogHer - March 7, 2013 - comments
• Top Surprise: Top Chef Does Adoption Right - March 6, 2013 - comments
• My Inner Blizzard - February 10, 2013 - comments
• My Anti-Boredom Formula - January 11, 2013 - comments
• Why Did Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” Make Me Cry? - January 9, 2013 - comments
• Zombie Emily + My Next Magazine Writing Class - December 11, 2012 - comments
• Art + Commerce: Notes from the Boston Book Festival 2012 - October 28, 2012 - comments
• Martha Takes on the Digital Future - October 26, 2012 - comments
• Why a Pretentious Movie About Writers Is Worth Seeing - September 30, 2012 - comments
• Sept/Oct 2012 at Talking Writing - September 29, 2012 - comments
• The Power of Disappointment - August 6, 2012 - comments
• Pompous Mompus - July 30, 2012 - comments
• Read Martha’s Review of “Quiet” - July 12, 2012 - comments
• Introverts Are Always Busy—and That’s a Good Thing - July 8, 2012 - comments
• I Miss Nora Ephron! - June 27, 2012 - comments
• Serious Aliens! The Trouble with Sci-Fi at the New Yorker - June 10, 2012 - comments
• My Crusade Against Multitasking - June 7, 2012 - comments
• Why Travel? - May 21, 2012 - comments
• Home from Singapore - May 15, 2012 - comments
• Be Careful When You Say “Exotic” - February 18, 2012 - comments
• The Trouble with Affluent Kids - February 5, 2012 - comments
• Martha in Singapore - January 30, 2012 - comments
• Happy Year of the Dragon! - January 23, 2012 - comments
• New Singapore Column - January 16, 2012 - comments
• Note to Caitlin: Joan Didion Is Not Your BFF - January 13, 2012 - comments
• TW New Issue: Jan/Feb 2012 - January 9, 2012 - comments
• Why Reading Novels on My Kindle Scares Me - December 20, 2011 - comments
• Call for Athena Images - December 17, 2011 - comments
• Is There Too Much Food Writing? - November 16, 2011 - comments
• Adoption on TV: Modern Family or Parenthood? - October 27, 2011 - comments
• Was Steve Jobs Really Insanely Great? - October 13, 2011 - comments
• Rolling Stone: Why Don’t I Love You Anymore? - October 3, 2011 - comments
• Sometimes You Have to Teach Yourself - September 8, 2011 - comments

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