Amy Shearn
@amyshearn.bsky.social
ANIMAL INSTINCT is out now⚡️
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746997/animal-instinct-by-amy-shearn/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746997/animal-instinct-by-amy-shearn/
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“The movement against no-fault divorce is about walking back women’s rights & autonomy …. Although no-fault divorce hasn’t gotten to … Trump’s chopping block yet, rumors have proliferated, and people are justifiably anxious.” @amyshearn.bsky.social for @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/03/10/g...
The GOP’s Next Target? No-Fault Divorce and Women’s Right to Leave
The GOP’s Next Target, According to Trump, Vance and Johnson? No-Fault Divorce and Women’s Right to Leave Violent or Unhappy Marriages
msmagazine.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“The movement against no-fault divorce is about walking back women’s rights & autonomy …. Although no-fault divorce hasn’t gotten to … Trump’s chopping block yet, rumors have proliferated, and people are justifiably anxious.” @amyshearn.bsky.social for @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/03/10/g...
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September 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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“There’s risk in opening that private space to others. Publishing a journal, or even quoting from one, means forfeiting some of its power.”
Girls Who Journal Have Always Been Radical - Electric Literature
To keep a diary is to say, I am paying attention to my life, and I believe that it matters
buff.ly
July 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“There’s risk in opening that private space to others. Publishing a journal, or even quoting from one, means forfeiting some of its power.”
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Congrats @amyshearn.bsky.social and all of the other fantastic writers featured in this @npr.org piece. Read more about Animal Instinct, a timely sci-fi lit fic from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social here: www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n...
NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2025 so far
After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Congrats @amyshearn.bsky.social and all of the other fantastic writers featured in this @npr.org piece. Read more about Animal Instinct, a timely sci-fi lit fic from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social here: www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n...
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Amy Shearn wrote a novel about a women who creates a perfect AI lover. It doesn’t turn out quite as she expected. 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/44lk8ml
June 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Amy Shearn wrote a novel about a women who creates a perfect AI lover. It doesn’t turn out quite as she expected. 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/44lk8ml
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Cited by Curtis Sittenfeld: Animal Instinct, the new novel by MFA alum @amyshearn.bsky.social
My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more
From novels and short stories, to biography and history, leading authors recommend their favourite recent books and the ones they can’t wait to dive into
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cited by Curtis Sittenfeld: Animal Instinct, the new novel by MFA alum @amyshearn.bsky.social
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NPR picks @amyshearn.bsky.social new novel as one of their top reads
NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2025 so far
After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NPR picks @amyshearn.bsky.social new novel as one of their top reads
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June 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Back by popular demand! Journal your way to clarity with our very own @amyshearn.bsky.social
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/jour...
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/jour...
June 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Back by popular demand! Journal your way to clarity with our very own @amyshearn.bsky.social
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/jour...
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/jour...
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Early Thirties by Josh Duboff
Till Death by Kellan McDaniel
Overtime by Tracey Richardson
Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett
Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn
Till Death by Kellan McDaniel
Overtime by Tracey Richardson
Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett
Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn
March 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Early Thirties by Josh Duboff
Till Death by Kellan McDaniel
Overtime by Tracey Richardson
Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett
Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn
Till Death by Kellan McDaniel
Overtime by Tracey Richardson
Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett
Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn
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A set in 2020, it's the first covid book I've wanted to read. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97805...
March 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A set in 2020, it's the first covid book I've wanted to read. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97805...
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My Sunday read is Animal Instinct by @amyshearn.bsky.social and it’s perfection. It’s also making me think how wild it is that we live our lives as if they are ours, and other people are basically living our same lives. Best line so far: “Seamless Rube Goldberg device of horniness”
June 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My Sunday read is Animal Instinct by @amyshearn.bsky.social and it’s perfection. It’s also making me think how wild it is that we live our lives as if they are ours, and other people are basically living our same lives. Best line so far: “Seamless Rube Goldberg device of horniness”
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Join us for this FREE event on different paths to publishing your work, with WCL co-founders @briangresko.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social & @amyshearn.bsky.social
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Join us for this FREE event on different paths to publishing your work, with WCL co-founders @briangresko.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social & @amyshearn.bsky.social
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...
www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...
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*TOMORROW*!
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
May 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*TOMORROW*!
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
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DMV area folks - find co-founder @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market with @amyshearn.bsky.social tomorrow (Sat.)! Don't miss it!
*TOMORROW*!
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market. We'll talk about her new book, Animal Instinct (about dating as a recently divorced mom during the pandemic and... developing an AI bot. You'll LOVE IT.)
politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
May 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
DMV area folks - find co-founder @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social Union Market with @amyshearn.bsky.social tomorrow (Sat.)! Don't miss it!
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Amy Shearn (@amyshearn.bsky.social) on her latest novel “Animal Instinct,” melding fantasy and literary fiction, queer books that are not coming-out stories, and the relationship between the pandemic and sex.
“Animal Instinct” Is the Sexy Pandemic Novel You Didn’t Know You Needed - Electric Literature
Amy Shearn discusses the adult coming-of-age story, AI dating, and queer freedom during Covid-19
buff.ly
April 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Amy Shearn (@amyshearn.bsky.social) on her latest novel “Animal Instinct,” melding fantasy and literary fiction, queer books that are not coming-out stories, and the relationship between the pandemic and sex.
Anyone else in need of a little more peace and quiet in These Times? I wrote about slowing down, float tanks, and, obviously, What About Bob:
open.substack.com/pub/amyshear...
open.substack.com/pub/amyshear...
Protect your peace
Slowing down, living intentionally, and figuring out how to have a moment of goddamned peace and quiet. Plus: the best book launch day idea I've ever had.
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Anyone else in need of a little more peace and quiet in These Times? I wrote about slowing down, float tanks, and, obviously, What About Bob:
open.substack.com/pub/amyshear...
open.substack.com/pub/amyshear...
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If you are in the DMV in May, come hear co-founder @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social!
Ooh, fun to see the event with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social at Union Market listed here! Hope you can join us, DMV friends!
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April 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you are in the DMV in May, come hear co-founder @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social!
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Ooh, fun to see the event with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social at Union Market listed here! Hope you can join us, DMV friends!
www.popville.com/events/book-...
event listing here politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
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event listing here politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ooh, fun to see the event with @amyshearn.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social at Union Market listed here! Hope you can join us, DMV friends!
www.popville.com/events/book-...
event listing here politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
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event listing here politics-prose.com/amy-shearn
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Here's an interview I did with Anna Dorn about Hot Air where I do a not so great job casting my film, talk about @amyshearn.bsky.social's Animal Instict and reveal details about my office where I sometimes write. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
Marcy Dermansky on Hot Air by Anna Dorn
Marcy Dermansky’s sixth novel, Hot Air, opens with a bang—or rather, a hot-air balloon crash. Writer and single mom Joannie is on a date with her neighbor Johnny when her childhood crush quite literal...
www.hobartpulp.com
April 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Here's an interview I did with Anna Dorn about Hot Air where I do a not so great job casting my film, talk about @amyshearn.bsky.social's Animal Instict and reveal details about my office where I sometimes write. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
Hey Chicagoland! Come hang out with me and @rbeaird.bsky.social at @secretworldbooks.bsky.social this Thursday 4/17 ~~~~
April 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hey Chicagoland! Come hang out with me and @rbeaird.bsky.social at @secretworldbooks.bsky.social this Thursday 4/17 ~~~~
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For 3 weeks in July our annual generative summer camp returns, reasonably priced, in real time or asynchronous, with this incredible roster of teachers! Learn more and enroll:
www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
April 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For 3 weeks in July our annual generative summer camp returns, reasonably priced, in real time or asynchronous, with this incredible roster of teachers! Learn more and enroll:
www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
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"An Interview with Amy Shearn." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @putnambooks.bsky.social @amyshearn.bsky.social #BookSky
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"An Interview with Amy Shearn." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @putnambooks.bsky.social @amyshearn.bsky.social #BookSky
Love that ANIMAL INSTINCT is on this list of books about messy women, along ALL FOURS, SANDWICH, and other novels I adore ~~ www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...
26 Raucous New Novels Featuring Very Messy Women
Messy women of the world…assemble!The very broad theme for this collection of books is messy women, and that can mean a lot of different things: wome...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love that ANIMAL INSTINCT is on this list of books about messy women, along ALL FOURS, SANDWICH, and other novels I adore ~~ www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...
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@amyshearn.bsky.social asks, can writers even remember how to read for fun?
Can Writers Ever Remember How to Read For Fun?
“Don’t worry,” one of the other moms assured me when I joined the book group. “It’ll be a Slow-Readers Book Club. We’ll give ourselves, like, three months per book.” This sounded doable. I really d…
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April 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@amyshearn.bsky.social asks, can writers even remember how to read for fun?