It was a pandemic distraction from lockdowns and languishing. I had somehow convinced myself I needed a typewriter. Locating one was easy, but I wasn't expecting to find Cincinnati eclectic Richard ...

If you live with a teenager, you may find retro products making a comeback in your household. Polaroid instant cameras, vinyl records with their players, and typewriters relegated to grandma’s attic ...

There was a time when writing was unmistakably physical. Words didn’t simply appear on a screen; they were struck into ...

I had no intention of becoming a typewriter collector. None. Yes I wanted one, but collecting them? That’s crazy. The portable models are 10-15 pounds, desktops over 30—who collects something like ...

It was as if my first typewriter, stashed away on a shelf in the corner of my garage in Connecticut, was pleading, “I’m your holiday column! Write about me.” That typewriter, an Underwood, early 1900s ...