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Round about 1988, when I tossed my typewriter for the wordprocessor, I thought I was zooming into the future, never to look back. Never say never, as they say. Today while I use a MacBook Pro and various software programs for most of my work, as I draft my book in-progress, and sometimes for poetry and personal letters as well, I use a typewriter. Most people would probably consider using a typewriter (manual, no less!) an eccentricity on par with riding around in a buggy pulled by a horse. Well, bless ’em, and any horses, too, but my experience has taught me that the typewriter is a excellent tool for sharpening one’s concentration, and for maintaining a more minimal level of “minimal digitalism,” to use Cal Newport’s term, which I consider a core strategy for well-being, creativity, and productivity. That said, some typewriting, including my own, ends up in blogs, video, social media… it’s a kind of carousel in the funhouse!
Q & A with Philosopher Richard Polt on The Typewriter Revolution
November 22, 2021
Q & A with Poet Barbara Crooker
[This post includes her poem “Prompt,” about using a typewriter]
December 23, 2019
A Working Library: Further Notes and Tips
for Writers of Historical Fiction, Biography, History,
Travel Memoir / Essay, etc.
[This post includes a tip on using the typewriter
for supersonic reshelving]
November 11, 2019
“Meteor” + “Verde, que quiero tu guacamole verde”
November 4, 2019
“What Happened to the Dog?” A Story About a Typewriter, Actually,
Typed on a 1967 Hermes 3000
June 3, 2019
“Silence” and “Poem” on the 1967 Hermes 3000
March 18, 2019
“Round N Round” on the 1963 Hermes Baby
March 4, 2019
From the Typosphere: “Right” and “Wrong”
February 18, 2019
“The Typewriter Manifesto” by Richard Polt,
Plus Cyberflanerie on Technology
October 23, 2017
From the Typosphere: “Bank”
September 18, 2017
Typosphere, Ho! “Stay West” on My 1961 Hermes 3000
January 9, 2017
Consider the Typewriter (Am I Kidding? No, I Am Not Kidding)
November 28, 2016