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I Write Out Loud

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I Went Boysober for a Month. Here’s What It Means and Why I Did It.
Or, as I prefer to call it, mansober.
 • Dana DuBois
I Gave My Consent. He Gave Me Bruises.
My meet-cute went wrong: Was it misaligned expectations or old-fashioned lying?
 • Dana DuBois
I Went on My Third First Date in Over Six Years
(The first was too hot. The second, too cold. Would my third first date be just right?)
 • Dana DuBois
I Went on My Second First Date in Over Six Years
(This time, I’m pretty sure it was a date.)
 • Dana DuBois
I Went on My First First Date in Over Six Years
(I’m not actually sure it was a date.)
 • Dana DuBois
Remembering Ramona, Who Can’t Remember Me
But I’ll never forget her.
 • Dana DuBois
Falling in Love Through My Thumbs
The rise and collapse of a love that lived entirely on my phone.
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I Fell in Love with a Man I’d Never Met
Two weeks of words, want, and 140 miles of possibility.
 • Dana DuBois
I Thought I Was Good at Reading Men. I Was Wrong.
So I asked AI to analyze my dating patterns — and it saw what I couldn’t.
 • Dana DuBois
Don’t Date Men With Verbs for Names
This Valentine’s Day, I’m looking at Mark, Rob, Peter, Matt, Don, Bill, Wade, Pat, Chuck, Crane, and Will and saying — don’t do it.
 • Dana DuBois
In Between Days: My 35-Year Love Affair with The Cure
However far away, I will always love you
 • Dana DuBois
My Stepmom Died So Woody Could Live
How Woody the blind, incontinent, fractious, diabetic dog found love and had an incredible final year.
 • Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois | I Write Out Loud
Dana DuBois | I Write Out Loud
Memoir 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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I Write Out Loud Podcast

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I Went Boysober for a Month. Here’s What It Means and Why I Did It. | The Podcast
Episode #16 of the I Write Out Loud project
 • Dana DuBois
33:11
A chat with publisher of "I Write Out Loud," Dana DuBois on "Egberto Off The Record."
A recording from Dana DuBois and Egberto Willies's live video
 • Dana DuBois and Egberto Willies
1:09:30
I Gave My Consent. He Gave Me Bruises | I Write Out Loud
Episode #15 of the I Write Out Loud project
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54:35
I Went on Third First Date in Over Six Years | The Podcast
Episode #14 of the I Write Out Loud project
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1:14:10
I Went on My First— and Second— First Dates in Over Six Years | The Podcast
Episode #14 of the I Write Out Loud project
 • Dana DuBois
57:14
I Write Out Loud | Rooftop Bar Live
Episode #13 of the I Write Out Loud project
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1:04:48
I Thought I Was Good at Reading Men. I Was Wrong | The Podcast
Episode #12 of the I Write Out Loud project
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1:19:38
🫖 It's Tea Time! 🫖 The behind-the-scenes action from last week's I Write Out Loud stories
Episode #2 of the I Write Out Loud paid subscriber-only weekly recap
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30:19
Don't Date Men With Verbs for Names | The Podcast
Episode #11 of the I Write Out Loud project
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1:01:51
In Between Days: My 35-Year Love Affair with The Cure 🖤 | The Podcast
Episode #10 of the I Write Out Loud project
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45:13
My Stepmom Died So Woody Could Live | The Podcast
Episode #9 of the I Write Out Loud project
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53:12
My Father Is Much More Likeable Now That He Has Dementia | The Podcast
Episode #8 of the I Write Out Loud project
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