The Electric Typewriter
Great articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers.by Tom Bissell and Morgan Meis
Certain parts of late-night Saigon have a windy quiet that seems almost pastoral. Maybe it’s the closeness of the city, the fortress-like squatness of its blocks, the numerous trees, or the way that the nighttime pinches out the faraway headlights and brake lights of the evening’s last scooters and taxis…
by Tom Bissell
It has been described as “one of the most enduring, and controversial, images of the twentieth century.” Well, no—but it remains, after seven decades, the best photo ever taken of Loch Ness’s most putative inhabitant.
by Tom Bissell
DISCUSSED: Nerdily Private Dreams, Species of Outsider, Manifesto, The Housing Works Incident, Populists, Writing in Plain English, Connections, Raw Authenticity, Alienated Socioeconomic Posturing, Injustice, Selling the Sacred, Art and Death.
By Tom Bissell
Tom Bissell was an acclaimed, prize-winning young writer. Then he started playing the video game Grand Theft Auto. For three years he has been cocaine addicted, sleep deprived and barely able to write a word. Any regrets? Absolutely none.
