The Traveling Typist
The Traveling Typist (Kay Kro)A newsletter about the philosophies, stories, and realities of life as an on-demand typewriter poet.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 75 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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Writing poems for immigrants in downtown Chicago in 2026
Dramatic changes in my approach to writing life advice
Photo by Ruben Guzman Jr.
Poetry gave me a gay commune
My life used to be incredibly UN-poetic
Did you know I used to be an Assistant Property Manager? I helped run a 56-story condo tower that looked like an evil black Toblerone up in Edgewater, and it was killing me. I knew I had to get...
Dunking on my Ex in the Form of a Mamma Mia! Movie Soundtrack Review
I dumped my mediocre fiancé two months ago; I’m clacking mean things about him onto a 1963 Smith Corona Empire; I’m 4,000 miles from home.
I dumped my mediocre fiancé two months ago; I’m clacking mean things about him onto a 1963 Smith Cor...
The tale of the homeless poetry box
In 2024, quite frankly, my life fell apart. I eat-pray-loved my way across Greece with two purposes: to visit the island where they filmed the Mamma Mia! movie, and to find the Poetry Box I heard about once in a story.
How it began: Years...
📺National TV Debut, with a fish puppet
A big week for typewriter poets on national television
If you or your child happened to be watching Toon In With Me on March 16th on MeTV, you may have caught a glimpse of your very favorite typewriter poet. Hey Ma, look! It’s me, on N...
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Chicago’s favorite on-demand typewriter poet. MA (Linguistics), MFA (Creative Writing). Author of Tales From The Abandoned Greenhouse (Bottlecap Press), & >8,000 improvised poems. Teacher/coach/professional interpreter of the human condition
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