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Category: Hello, Typewriter

A column by July Westhale

HELLO, TYPEWRITER: DEAR QUEENIE

Posted on October 12, 2012April 18, 2024 by natilee shock

As you go through your life, my darling broken monarch, you will fly from closets with less and less assurance. There will be times much darker than others. There is a marvelous project afloat in the world right now, friends. A project that takes confessionalism and perspective-with-age to a whole new level of devastation: The Letter Read More

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HELLO, TYPEWRITER: THE UGLY COUSIN

Posted on September 8, 2012April 18, 2024 by natilee shock

‘How will you survive?’ (appalled parents ask). ‘Why would you choose to be poor? I just don’t agree with it. Don’t you want a normal future?’ – July Westhale I have always said that coming out as a writer feels a lot like coming out as queer. Though the concerned parties may or may not have your interests Read More

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