Dana DuBois | I Write Out Loud
Dana DuBois, Libbie Grant, Karen Marie Shelton, Julie Roginsky, Lawrence Winnerman, Anne P. Mitchell, Esq., The Mayday NetworkMemoir and cultural essays about love, politics, parenting, and midlife selfhood. New and old work gathered into one living practice of writing out loud — using art and storytelling to reclaim power in chaotic times.
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Start Here. Out Loud
Welcome to I Write Out Loud
I Write Out Loud is my home for cultural memoir and personal essays about the strange, brave process of becoming yourself in midlife.
I’m drawn to the nuanced edges where private life collides with shared cu...
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Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.
Writer. Next book: THE ENDED WORLD (Galiot Press, Sept 15, 2026) You might also know my pen name, Olivia Hawker.
I’m a lifelong storyteller, editor, entrepreneur and nerd. I'm still trying to find myself. My work is on Quora & Medium, Substack & Sayzio. I chase ideas across multiple topics, seeking the untold angles. I find humans infinitely fascinating.
Authentic, common-sense straight talk about our politics and culture. Democratic political consultant.
Queer sci-fi author writing The Hinge & The Near Field—essays on how democracy bends, fiction on where it lands. Now: Rewiring the Republic—43 repairs, mild to wild. COO @ Blue Amp Media. Co-host, The Daily Whatever Show. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
Attorney ⚖️ Law Professor \ud83c\udf93 Federal Law Author \ud83d\udd8b Legislative Advisor \ud83e\udd89 Journalist at Notes from the Front, reporting from the front line of the legal battle to save the soul of our democracy.
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