Darren Wershler-Henry
Author of The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting
About the Author
Works by Darren Wershler-Henry
The Original Canadian City Dweller's Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported Assertions for Urban Residents (2002) — Author — 22 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission (2000) — Contributor — 320 copies, 6 reviews
Gone to Croatan: Origins of North American Dropout Culture (1994) — Contributor — 110 copies, 5 reviews
Canadian Speculative Fiction (Prairie Fire, Vol. 15., no.2 - 1994 Summer) (1994) — Contributor — 11 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1966
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Coach House Press
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Québec, Canada
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Reviews
The Original Canadian City Dweller's Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported Assertions for Urban Residents by Hal Niedzviecki
Worth buying for "How to Gracefully Exit a Poetry Reading " alone, but dotted with many other gems of urban information and survival tips.
An interesting, if sometimes uncomfortable, look at the history of typewriting. That's typewriting, not typewriters, although a cursory history of the machine is included of necessity. The book highlights the sometimes uneasy relationship between the machine and the machinist, stretching from the early days when both typist and machine were known as 'typewriters'. The book gets a little psychological - a little 'far out' - in the middle, however overall it raises interesting points. Not a show more waste of time, but likely to appeal only to very specific individuals. show less
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- Members
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- Popularity
- #123,125
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 14