typeset wrote:

Although I find typewriter history interesting, I am fascinated by accounts of writers and their typewriters. However, I haven't found much on the subject out there, excepting the chapter in Polt's fascinating book. I know about Kerouac's roll and vaguely remember Burroughs going on about his favorite, but it would be nice to discover something on this subject. The late Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas also writes about them in Before Night Falls, and the movie has many scenes featuring typewriters; the soundtrack, which is fabulous, has an ode to his typewriter. 

Any suggestions?

 

I am not sure if this will be redundant with what was in Polt's book (I have not read it), but on Polt's Classic Typewriter site, he has a section on writers and their typewriters. It is a long list, photo's, and some links to articles. You might have already checked it out, but just in case, here is the link:

http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/typers.html

You might want to also check out Messenger's blog too, as he has posted many detailed articles about writers and their machines:

http://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/