Preface: Technologies of the Word . . ix

1. Writing It Down . . 3
2. TeknoFear . . 19
3. Thoreau's Pencil . . 33
4. National Handwriting Day . . 49
5. Writing on Clay . . 71
6. When WordStar Was King . . 91
7. Trusting the Text . . 113
8. Writing on Screen . . 135
9. Everyone's an Author . . 157
10. A Space of One's Own . . 183
11. The Dark Side of the Web . . 207
12. From Pencils to Pixels . . 227

Works Cited . . 247
Index . . 255