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Charles Portis: “black words fixed hard on white paper"
Source: "The Wind Bloweth Where it Listeth,"Oxford American, 2005 (a very amusing story that riffs on the monkeys, typewriters, and Shakespeare cliché). Portis, best known for the novel True Grit, is...
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Typewriter Revolution dance
Here's a wonderful choreographic dramatization of The Typewriter Manifesto by On Stage Dance Studio of Stratford, Ontario!
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Fresh (?) typewriters (?) from China (?)
Here are a couple of things I spotted online today.First, in Dayton, Ohio (an hour away from me) there's an unused BNC for sale.A what?The BNC is an office-sized manual typewriter that surfaced briefly...
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Scenes from a type-in
Today's type-in at Sitwell's coffeehouse in Cincinnati was a success, bringing typists from as far away as Chicago.Thanks to Leigh Whitaker (who's "introverted but willing to discuss typewriters") for...
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The Italian Super-Riter
Here's a shiny, gray, jowly machine that I rescued from an antique mall recently. (You may have spotted it on my December safari. I came back a while later and couldn't resist the $39.99 price.)It's a...
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Typewriter paintings by Pawel Kuczynski
Here are two wonderful images by Polish artist Paweł Kuczyński. Follow the link to see many more of his clever paintings, lots of which criticize digital culture. It seems that he tries to practice...
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Neckermann Brillant S typewriter
We could all use a few bright colors and typewriter joy around now, couldn't we?So here are some pretty pictures of my Neckermann Brillant S, which I took out yesterday and polished up. I also made...
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Typewriters of the Times: Ides of March edition
You-know-what is on all of our minds right now, but not on this blog, not today.Instead, I present a roundup of the latest typewriter references in today's New York Times. We get it in print on...
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Fox no. 23 typewriter (1908)
I dug out my 1908 Fox no. 23. Why? Because I needed a dose of pure pleasure. Don't we all?There are many beautiful typewriters, but there's none in my collection lovelier than this one. It's a great...
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Thank you, Internet
Much as I may grumble about our normal relationship with digital technology, at this abnormal time, the Internet is crucial for me to do my job (teaching online), get information, and stay in touch...
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Poem of the day: Coronavirus
It's National Poetry Month, and as I did in 2018 and 2016, I'm going to try to type some poetry every day.I'm taking extra inspiration from Brian Sonia-Wallace's forthcoming book The Poetry of...
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Poems of the day: typewriters, underneath, puddles, creatures
Have a topic for me? Put it in a comment below.
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Poems of the day: dog's eye view, firebrand, the new normal
There are a couple of attempts at humor in today's poems.If you have a topic for me, comment below.
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Poem of the day: loyalty
Have a topic for me? Comment below. PS: Check out this typewritten "inspiration cube" from Forgotten Technology:
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Poem of the day: cube
OK, this is purely a formal exercise, and it was harder than I expected. I didn't do the math perfectly, and the words are just what came to mind as fitting into the necessary shapes. I'm glad to say...
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Poem of the day: keep
I opened the dictionary randomly, pointed my camera randomly, and ended up with a very common word that has a wide range of meanings.I'm taking requests ... but I'm also happy to let Webster's guide me.
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Poem of the day: Concordia
If only I had a Concordia typewriter! (This one is from the Betzwieser collection.)Since I don't, I'll use my Remington 17 for the following sonnet.
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Poem of the day: summer
Today's poem machine is my 1938 (?) Triumph Norm 6 ...... and Webster's topic is:The metaphor would work much better if the poem read "Sun-day," not "Sun-year."
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