Tag: typewriter
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September 14, 2017
That’s me at three—fascinated by the typewriter keys. That fascination has never waned. “How can little marks on a piece of a paper make me feel that way?” A kid asked me that question at a signing years ago. I didn’t have an answer. I still don’t. All I know is that those letters hold…
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July 19, 2011
There’s a Peanuts cartoon, a Sunday strip, which shows Snoopy on top of his doghouse with a typewriter. Most of the fourteen panels are given over to Snoopy pacing back and forth, looking thoughtful and slightly pompous. He types “It” and after a good long while he types “was.” By the end of the strip…