by Richard Polt | Apr 14, 2020 | Brother, poetry
Today I used my newest typewriter acquisition, a Montgomery Ward Signature 440T, made in Japan by Brother in 1968. It’s technically the second variation of Brother’s JP-1 design. The little JP-1’s took the world by storm in the ’60s, because...
by Richard Polt | Jul 11, 2018 | Brother
You may know my theory that every typewriter model, no matter how sophisticated and wonderful, has an Achilles’ heel. This is certainly true of the Brother Electric 3000, a rather obscure little machine from the ’70s (it’s a Brother type...
by Richard Polt | May 18, 2018 | Brother, electric
Once in a blue moon I check shopgoodwill.com. I was scrolling through and saw this picture, which made me pause for some reason. I sensed that this was something different. There was something about its shape and color that appealed to me. So I put in a lowball bid,...
by Richard Polt | Jun 6, 2016 | Brother, correspondence, Insurgency
Thank you, Agent 42! I am always thrilled to hear about developments in our glorious revolution. One of the best parts of writing the book has been the typewritten mail that it has generated, some of which I post on this blog when it seems to be appropriate. Anyone is...
