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An improvisational stream-of-conscious exercise using all four of my typewriters and not changing a word.
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Advice from 1925 courtesy of The Typewriter's Collage Time Machine, Doris Blake, and whatareyoulookin'at, huh?
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Pouring Over Print: The 5k of Reading?
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Personal essays, stuff on the writing life, movies & books, Judaism, and lots of references to Chico Marx. Drafted on typewriter, edited in MS Word on a Mac, presented to you on SubStack. Serious stuff with a humorous foundation
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