Amy Shearn

Q&A with Amy Shearn about her new novel, ANIMAL INSTINCT.
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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

“There’s risk in opening that private space to others. Publishing a journal, or even quoting from one, means forfeiting some of its power.”

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.

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

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

Cited by Curtis Sittenfeld: Animal Instinct, the new novel by MFA alum @amyshearn.bsky.social

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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.

NPR picks @amyshearn.bsky.social new novel as one of their top reads

For anyone in need of rewilding

Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn #books #literature #dedication

Back by popular demand! Journal your way to clarity with our very own @amyshearn.bsky.social
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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

Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn

A set in 2020, it's the first covid book I've wanted to read. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97805...

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”

Ohhh this is the best, thank you!!

Different publishing paths graphic with portraits of Brian Gresko, Sara Lippmann, and Amy Shearn and the words “from self to indie to uni to big 5, ask us anything. Free! Wednesday, June 11th, 8pm eastern on zoom”

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

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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.)
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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!

“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

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.

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.

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:

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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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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...

Oh I love this! And I totally agree, Joanie and Rachel would be friends and have so much fun together ~~

Hey Chicagoland! Come hang out with me and @rbeaird.bsky.social at @secretworldbooks.bsky.social this Thursday 4/17 ~~~~

Writing Co-Lab Summer Camp, July 12 to August 2, featuring Hannah Bae, Gabby Bellot, Jiordan Castle, Brian Gresko, Crystal Hana Kim, Danielle Lazarin, Chin-Sun Lee, Sara Lippmann, Ilana Masad, Richard Mirabella, Natasha Oladokun, Amy Shearn, Nina Sharma, Anna Solomon, and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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:

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"An Interview with Amy Shearn." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @putnambooks.bsky.social @amyshearn.bsky.social #BookSky

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...

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...

Ok but CAN WE