One could argue that the introduction of the modern typewriter just a tad over 110 years ago did more to change the way that humans communicate than any other single mechanical device before or since. Although Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press began churning out manuscripts around 1440, most written communication was still done by hand until the mid-1800s. This meant that all personal and business correspondence, contracts, and communiqués had to be composed in legible, hand-written script—a process that was not only tedious and time-consuming but also extremely messy (just imagine all those overturned inkwells and broken pen nibs). Today, typewriters (even the “streamlined” electric models on which many of us learned our keyboarding skills) are considered to be prehistoric gadgets—remnants of a bygone era when secretarial pools filled whole office floors and people (particularly women) could base an entire career on being able to type at least forty words per minute. However, this machine of the masses is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Writers, lovers of old-school technology, and those just plain fed up with being tethered to their smartphone keypads and computer keyboards are rediscovering the pleasure of using this twentieth-century marvel to tap out their words one loud click at a time. Perhaps it’s time for you, too, to rediscover the typewriter!