The Electric Typewriter

Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.
14th Jun

by David Foster Wallace

Pendent in front of John Ziegler’s face, attached to the same type of hinged, flexible stand as certain student desk lamps, is a Shure-brand broadcast microphone that is sheathed in a gray foam filtration sock to soften popped p’s and hissed sibilants. It is into this microphone that the host speaks…

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