Dana DuBois. My Dad, Dementia, and the Things We Don't Forget.

Today with speak with Dana DuBois.  She began her career as a speech pathologist, delaying her dream job as a writer.  But she began to write when a job application required a couple of writing samples. 

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She wrote the samples, posted them on Medium, and has not stopped writing since, publishing countless essays. She launched two successful Medium publications: Pink Hair and Pronouns, and Three Imaginary Girls.

She also runs a Substack site GenXy, as well as the GenXy podcast. Today we are interviewing Dana and reading her story: My Dad, Dementia, and the Things We Don't Forget.

From the Show:

“…Eventually, we hosted big events. I'd like to think that we helped to grow the kind of aughts era Pacific Northwest bands. We were early shows. The Decembrists, we were at the first Seattle Decembrists show. We were very early. We were pretty early for Death Cab. They were already starting to be popular, but we definitely saw them in a room with about 100 people. We were early on Fleet Foxes. We had a writer at the first Fleet Foxes show …”

“…And at the time [in Seattle], there's room for everyone. There were people who were Microsoft millionaires, but they had their houses here and there were apartments next door. Everyone had a space to be in Seattle. Your barista or your bartender were probably in a band and also lived in your neighborhood. And maybe they had a couple roommates, but they could afford to live there. And Seattle's not like that anymore, which is unfortunate …”

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