Ghulf Genes

Herewith a cultural note. I was looking for what looked like a rather nice product, a Staedtler 5-nib Calligraphy Set—intended as a gift. T...

The pen’s an object writers must possess! A means, of course, it doesn’t spell success. And of the pen itself the most important part, ...

I met my very first ballpoint pen at age nine in 1945, and immediately felt repelled. The object has come to symbolize decay for me. In thos...