by Richard Polt | Mar 15, 2024 | WordPlay
Kristen Skovira of local TV station WCPO visited my basement last week for a story on WordPlay Cincy, the kids’ creative writing center that my typewriter repair work helps to support. You can see the story here:...
by Richard Polt | Nov 3, 2022 | Royal, WordPlay
Unnecessarily Beautiful Spaces for Young Minds on Fire (McSweeneys, 2019) is an inspiring tour of places such as SF’s 826 Valencia which foster youth writing—including Cincinnati’s own WordPlay Cincy. Libby Hunter’s kind words about me here are a genuine source...
by Richard Polt | Sep 19, 2021 | WordPlay
WordPlay Cincy, the nonprofit for which I’ve volunteered as Typewriter Guy since 2012, is moving into a much bigger building in the same Cincinnati neighborhood (Northside). This will allow the organization to evolve from offering after-school writing programs...
by Richard Polt | Mar 20, 2018 | WordPlay
The Urban Legend Institute, the little shop that supports WordPlay Cincy, has been rechristened Urban Legend Typewriters, since typewriter sales and service constitute nearly all the shop’s business. I’m proud to have raised tens of thousands of dollars...
by Richard Polt | Dec 9, 2017 | paper, WordPlay
In the 19th and early 20th century, typewriter manufacturers and dealers, like other businesses, printed marvelously intricate images on their stationery and bills. (See Peter Weil’s story in ETCetera No. 95.) Here’s a nice example. But I’m...
by Richard Polt | Nov 28, 2016 | WordPlay
This lovely piece by Martha Lea is being auctioned by the artist, and all proceeds will benefit the typewriter-friendly kids’ writing center WordPlay Cincy. Pitch in on eBay! Thank you, Martha! The piece above is for sale within the UK, but this piece...
