A machine that once belonged to a Times journalist has been present during wars, natural disasters and more. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W. Dunlap explores New York Times ...

Writing on a typewriter is a transient thing, like a short-lived but brightly burning and clamorous love affair. Once the thing is written, the paper is removed from the typewriter and the two things ...

Cormac McCarthy, author of cheery favorites such as The Road and Blood Meridian, is about to trade in the typewriter he used to write them. The Olivetti Lettera 32 has been in his care for 46 years, ...