Backspaces: Typewritten Tales of Time Travel

by Richard Polt

If you could travel back in time, where—and when—would you go? What adventures would await you? Explore the possibilities in this unique collection of art, poetry, and typewritten stories in many genres. Contributors include Dedé Assi, Brandon Bledsoe, Clara Chow, Shelley K. Davenport, E. R. Delafield, Frederic S. Durbin, Mathilda-Anne Florence, Daniel Gewertz, N. E. Glenn, Albert Goldbarth, Martyn V. Halm, Chad Harrison, Martha Lea, Ewan Matheson, Andrew V. McFeaters, Bill Meissner, Vincent Negron, Erich J. Noack, Charles W. Ogg, Joey Patrickt, Richard Polt, Hannah Ricke, Rachel Schnellinger-Bailey, Marni Scofidio, Philip L. Simpson, Denise Terriah, Armando Warner, and Matt Wixey.

303 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2020

About the author

Richard F. H. Polt is a professor of philosophy at Xavier University. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago (1991). His main interests are the metaphysical and ethical problems of Greek and German philosophy. He has taught elective courses on a variety of topics, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, German idealism, existentialism, slavery, time, and Heidegger.

Selected publications:

Heidegger: An Introduction. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999.

A Companion to Heidegger's "Introduction to Metaphysics." Edited by Richard Polt and Gregory Fried. New Haven: Yale Unversity Press, 2001.

Heidegger's "Being and Time": Critical Essays. Edited by Richard Polt. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

The Emergency of Being: On Heidegger's "Contributions to Philosophy." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006.

Reviews

[Mathilda-Anne Florence · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm in this one so I'm a tad biased. Great stories from everyone. Cheers.

[Trisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it, every short story led you wanting more. The type style of the last story was hard to read though.