THE TYPEWRITER AND THE MEN WHO MADE IT (149 pp.)—Richard N. Current —University of Illinois Press ($3.50). THE WONDERFUL WRITING MACHINE (236 pp.)—Bruce Bliven Jr.—Random House ($3.95). When the steel ...
No composition seems too difficult for pianist Lang Lang. But on his latest solo record, Piano Book, the 36-year-old known for his finger-twisting virtuosity is exploring something simpler: ...