DULUTH — Josh Nickila didn’t give typewriters much thought. The machines were on their way out by the time he was born in 1985, and Nickila, of Duluth, said his earliest memories of typing were on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a pandemic distraction from lockdowns and languishing. I had somehow convinced myself I needed a typewriter. Locating one ...

Late one evening a few years ago, Tom Rehkopf got a phone call from an unfamiliar number. The caller had an unusual request: “I need six working Selectrics by tomorrow morning.” Rehkopf was stunned.

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MACHINES. IT’S BEEN SAID THAT THE CLACKING OF THE TYPEWRITER IS MUSIC TO A WRITER’S EARS, AND FOR 45 YEARS, BUM BUM BUM BUM. IT’S BEEN TOM FURRIER’S JOB TO MAKE SURE THOSE KEYS STAY IN TUNE. YOU CAN ...

A thrumming rhythm fills the room. Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables. A syncopated beat builds slowly. A space bar clicking. A call bell dinging. The even tap, tap, tap, ...