One of the original computer scientists, Jaron Lanier (who coined the phrase “virtual reality”) began his talk at City Lights by playing a mouth organ…
I had a conversation with a schizophrenic once. Or rather, I was listening to him talk and after a while I was spaced out, trying…
The wife was out of town and I was all set to watch “Reservoir Dogs”, which I have never seen and which she won’t go…
Bonk. Stiff. Gulp. These are titles of books by Mary Roach, having to do with sex and death and digestion. You might say she is…
Hello, Typewriter conducts regular interviews with established and emerging writers working within the literary industry to showcase writers writing about writing. Here, July Westhale interview…
There was no sign outside of Wheeler Hall, but the Colloquium Room was packed, with standing room only (it seats 150). People had turned out…
There was a crowd of lushes at the bar of the Hotel Rex, so I was a few minutes late to the reading in the…
Last week I saw a group of middle-aged day laborers standing on the sidewalk. A nearby radio was playing “Only the Good Die Young.” I…
I took a futuristic train out of town and ended up on the steps of Wheeler Hall, built in 1917. Inside, I ran into a…
What does it mean to have an artistic vocation? As I began writing this column, I googled the phrase and found an astonishing 5,330,000 results….