I’ve spent a decade fighting Trump. Here are six lessons I’ve learned | Saul Austerlitz A decade ago, I knew nothing about organizing. But ordinary people are essential to fighting the rise of authoritarianism

While elites flail or capitulate, it has been left to ordinary Americans to fight for democracy with everything they have. For @theguardian.com, six brief lessons gleaned from my near-decade of accidental activism for everyone looking to fight back against galloping authoritarianism.

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Good morning! Today I share a favorite lentil recipe from the Silver Spoon cookbook for fiction writer @amyshearn.bsky.social. Lentils were front and center during our chat at Lofty Pigeon! Thanks, too, to Lauren Gertzman for featuring them on my bookmarks! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

Ditmas Lit is tomorrow Wed. 2/25 with @brendancbyrne.bsky.social, @theladyaye.bsky.social, Jonathan Dixon, Nhu An Do, and guest co-host @colindickey.com! RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

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"Story Time" for Parents and Caregivers: Amy Shearn [rescheduled from 1/27] | Astoria Bookshop Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.

Tuesday 2/24:
@amyshearn.bsky.social joins us for Caregiver Storytime
astoriabookshop.com/events/44991...

Ha! Thanks for the shoutout!

Any @weratedogs.com though??

I'm headed your way, NYC friends! I'd love to see you at Smithie owned bookstore, Lofty Pigeon, in Brooklyn on Thursday, February 19th! I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @amyshearn.bsky.social!
Details and RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chloe-yele...

I'm very excited to share Perforated, my new poetry collection released TODAY!, with you.

If you are in the NYC area, register to attend my launch at Lofty Pigeon Books. I'll be in conversation with @amyshearn.bsky.social!

www.eventbrite.com/e/chloe-yele...

Thanks for sharing this!

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

“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...

Q&A with Amy Shearn about her new novel, ANIMAL INSTINCT.
tinyurl.com/2dswcad6
@amyshearn.bsky.social

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

Oh wow I hadn’t seen this! Thank you!! 😍

Ahhh thanks for sharing! ❤️❤️

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
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

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

www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...

*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

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!