Randall Jarrell Quote

Oscar Williams's new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a typewriter.


precedes by twelve years Truman Capote's putdown of Jack Kerouac: That isn't writing at all, it's typing. ; from Verse Chronicle, p. 137 - Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)


Oscar Williams's new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a...

Oscar Williams's new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a...

Oscar Williams's new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a...

Oscar Williams's new book is pleasanter and a little quieter than his old, which gave the impression of having been written on a typewriter by a...