by Richard Polt | May 9, 2021 | NYT
As usual, this Sunday’s New York Times is sprinkled with typewriters. An obituary for NBC and PBS journalist Bob Abernethy shows him with his Underwood.A review of 93-year-old writer Cynthia Ozick’s latest novel includes this bit:But the main...
by Richard Polt | Aug 9, 2020 | NYT
Today’s New York Times Book Review section is more typewriterly than usual. The theme seems to have been inspired by this strong review of Brian Sonia-Wallace’s The Poetry of Strangers by Michael Hainey. Congratulations, Brian! (Here’s my...
by Richard Polt | Aug 2, 2020 | NYT
As always, the New York Times continues to remind its readers of the symbolic power of typewriters. This Sunday’s contribution comes from cartoonist Tom Gauld. PS: Can robots really write? Some reflections here.
by Richard Polt | May 31, 2020 | Book review, NYT
Today’s New York Times contains some of the worst, most depressing news I have seen in a depressing year. But an effective way to avoid grim reality is to focus on our tiny areas of expertise and idiosyncratic preferences. Hence … Here’s a photo...
by Richard Polt | May 17, 2020 | NYT
Every Sunday, the New York Times seems to include at least one reference to typewriters, or an illustration of one. In today’s Book Review, Ali Fitzgerald suggests that social distancing may be making some of us behave like J. D. Salinger. That typewriter...
by Richard Polt | Mar 15, 2020 | NYT
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 Sunday—a treat that invites several hours of lazing in bed. And...
