The Electric Typewriter
Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.by Mark Jacobson
They’re in every Starbucks and coffee shop; even sometimes in churches. Who are they? What are they typing? Don’t they have a job? For the first time, one of these strangers speaks.
by Mark Jacobson
It was once a crown jewel of African beauty—a place blessed with so many rivers, so much pristine coastline, and such teeming, verdant savannas that it made God jealous…
by Mark Jacobson
First-degree murder, can’t fuck with that, so I got Paul. Everyone said he was wide open. But I didn’t know how wide open until that day. I’m in his office two minutes. He says only one witness can hurt me. Then he says, ‘What are we going to do about this person?’
by Mark Jacobson (via frontofbook)
Jason Itzler prepared to get down on his knees and propose. However, as he slid from his grade-school-style red plastic seat, the harsh voice of a female Corrections officer broke the mood.
by Mark Jacobson
In New York, 1967 was a year of crucial import. But unlike in San Francisco, flowers weren’t the half of it.
by Mark Jacobson
On the one hand, marijuana is more mainstream than ever before, practically legal. On the other, kids are getting busted in the city in record numbers. Guess which kids.
by Mark Jacobson (via frontofbook)
Midnight in Chinatown, everyone seems nervous. The old waiters look both ways before going into the gambling joint on Pell Street. Ladies bleary from a 10-hour day sewing in a sweatshop are hurrying home and restaurants are closing early…
by Mark Jacobson
A college education is not required to drive for Dover Taxi Garage - all you have to do is pass a test on which the hardest question is “Where is Yankee Stadium?” — but almost everyone on the night line has at least a B.A.
