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This Mama Is Lit!50th Episode Retrospective: Fangirling & Finding a GrooveAmanda Fields, Brianna Avenia-Tapper, Holly Rizzuto Palker, and Eva Langston come together to reflect on the evolution of this podcast, memorable guests, and the conversations we can’t wait to have. From their very first attempts at recording to latest and greatest moments, they take time to reflect, celebrate and appreciate all the authors they have featured in addition to what they have learned from each other. The Literary Mama community is fierce and fabulous. Thank you to our loyal listeners who continue to show up for us. We have so much more to explore with you.Li...
2025-10-1534 min
Books, Beach, & BeyondCurtis SittenfeldElin and Tim welcome to the podcast Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of Prep, American Wife, and Show, Don’t Tell. They start with Curtis’s favorite books, her time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where Elin and her compare stories, and then segue into her debut novel, “the boarding school book of boarding school books”, Prep. They discuss how much of it was inspired by Curtis’s own boarding school experience and compare and contrast it to Elin’s upcoming boarding school novel, The Academy, as well as chat about their favorite campus novels. The three move on to Curtis’s novel...
2025-07-0951 min
From Inside the HiveLaura Howe... Travel, Cocktails & Finding Yourself After Divorce (S14 E3)Laura Howe is your favourite international jet-setting divorcée! Originally from the US, Laura moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, as soon as the ink on her dissolution of marriage decree was finalized. From there, she spent the next few years moving around the world–from Switzerland to Tokyo, Japan, and back to Switzerland, all with her cat, Minnie.As the pandemic hit, Laura quit her high-powered job to finally address “what happened” during her marriage and how to build the life she always wanted. Laura is the founder of Dispatched Divorcée, a global community to hel...
2025-06-1853 min
Finding the Throughline with Kate Hanley[Amy Shearn, What’s coming up]: The pursuit of being a “joyful amateur”, counteracting the slide of turning into a “human shrimp”, and dreams of starting a cat farm.Welcome back to part three of the Finding the Throughline interview with Amy Shearn, the award-winning author of five critically-acclaimed novels, including her latest book which just came out, “Animal Instinct.” Amy has also published hundreds of essays in publications like Real Simple, “O: The Oprah Magazine”, and the “New York Times” Modern Love column and has nearly twenty years of experience editing for digital publications. Amy also teaches creative writing and works one on one with writers as an editor and/or book coach.
In today’s episode, we cover:- How she refills her creative w...
2025-05-1621 minFinding the Throughline with Kate Hanley[Amy Shearn, inner stuff]: Writing to your one, true reader–and not putting stock in what your harshest critics say + doing ‘enough’ to promote your workAmy Shearn, award-winning author of five novels. Her latest book, “Animal Instinct,” is about a 40-something newly divorced woman rediscovering her desires during the height of the COVID pandemic, and doing so both through her interactions with actual live humans and an AI chatbot she designed to compile all her favorite parts of actual live humans and none of the annoying, boring things–it’s such a fun, thoughtful read. Amy also teaches creative writing and works one on one with writers as an editor and/or book coach.
In this part of our interview, I ask Amy...
2025-05-1428 minFinding the Throughline with Kate Hanley[Amy Shearn, practical matters]: Matching your writing goals to the time you have available + keeping yourself accountable when you don't have a deadlineThis week I’m talking with Amy Shearn, the award-winning author of the critically-acclaimed novels “Dear Edna Sloane,” “Unseen City,” “The Mermaid of Brooklyn,” and “How Far Is the Ocean from Here.” Amy’s newest novel is “Animal Instinct,” which follows a 40-something newly divorced woman re-entering the dating scene and reconnecting with her desires during the social isolation of COVID lockdowns. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it "delightful and hilarious,” which I can co-sign–despite its pandemic backdrop, which might sound like it could be stressful, this is a book I look forward to reading each night because I know it will...
2025-05-1226 min
Books Are My PeopleThe Art of Painting Books with Jane MountOn this episode of Books Are My People, I'm visited by artist and bibliophile Jane Mount. We discuss the importance of talking about banned books, her favorite book to paint, and how her degree in anthropology informs her work. This episode is sponsored by People of the Titanic by Shawn CarlowBooks Recommended: The Adventures of Amina Asarfti by Amina SomeoneThe Art of Noticing by Rob Walker The Vanished Birds by Simonoa Jiminez All that G...
2025-04-0736 min
Weekday Night Live at P&TAmy Shearn and Ada CalhounWednesday, March 19: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome back Amy Shearn to celebrate the publication of her newest book, Animal Instinct: an "incisive, hot, and heartbreaking" novel (Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses) that follows a Brooklyn mother of three and recent divorcée with a newly awakened sexual desire and lust for a new life that refuse to be contained. Amy was joined in conversation by New York Times bestselling author Ada Calhoun.
2025-03-2752 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for March 18, 2025This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Murder by Memory, I'll Love You Forever, Animal Instinct, and more great books!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about...
2025-03-1844 min
This Mama Is Lit!Amy Shearn: The Sexy EpisodeAmanda Fields and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with long-time LM friend Amy Shearn about how kids change over the years, dating during motherhood, life after divorce, the pandemic, and her forthcoming books, Dear Edna Sloane and Animal Instinct. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com
2024-06-1835 min
I'm a Writer ButAmy ShearnAmy Shearn discusses her new novel, Dear Edna Sloane, as well as unplugging, being a woman writer of a certain age, the notion of creating content vs. making art, working with an indie press vs. a bigger publisher, her “saucy” upcoming novel, and more!Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the novels Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean From Here, as well as two forthcoming novels. She has worked as an editor at Medium, JSTOR, Conde Nast, and other organizations, and has taught creative writing at NYU, Sackett Street Writers Worksh...
2024-04-3000 min
Writing StoriesWhat If Nobody Likes it? Nicole Haroutunian Tells the Story of Choose This NowSend us a textNicole Haroutunian tells the story of Choose This Now. Along the way, we cover...- Her first book Speed Dreaming- Agent troubles- Rewriting a novella as a chapter- Creating a novel from stories- Having a book die on submission- When you lose your job and your agent at the same time your city goes into COVID lockdown- Pre-publication anxiety - An awesome editing move by John Darcy at Noemi Press- Stella Fiori and Amy Shearn a...
2024-04-0730 min
Tell Me What You’re ReadingEp. #50 Amy Shearn and Hannah Oberman-Breindel - To the LighthouseI enjoyed talking with Amy Shearn and Hannah Oberman-Breindel this summer when they were in the Artist-in-Residence writing program at Woodstock’s Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, and even more so on our recent podcast discussion of Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, which is considered to be one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century.
I had not previously read any Virginia Woolf and I had not studied literary modernism. Despite being uninitiated, I was struck by the way Woolf captured the human condition and, in a realistic way, the unstructured non-linear thought processes of her characters.
Written in 1927, the n...
2023-11-0750 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastPerks REMIX S9 Ep193- Mel Joulwan and David Humphreys of the Strong Sense of Place Podcast - 10-18-23For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover.
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In episode 86, we first spoke with Melissa Joulwan during the COVID pandemic. She is one of the co-hosts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast. Melissa has been one of our favorite guests to...
2023-10-181h 00
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2023-09-0100 min
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2023-08-2900 min
Always Authors”The Constant Struggle of Creativity” with Kerri Schlottman and Amy ShearnKerri and Amy discuss their books, what they're reading now, why people should read fiction books and what we don't talk about enough in this country, including rural poverty. Join these two friends in a lively conversation and maybe you'll also learn out about "Solastalgia".....
2023-03-2845 min
The Darius Foroux Show: Mindset, Business, MoneyAmy Shearn on writing, getting unstuck, and creativityToday’s guest is Amy Shearn, an award-winning author of five novels including Unseen City. She has also worked as an editor at publications like JSTOR Daily and Medium’s Creator Hub, Human Parts, Forge.
I’ve known Amy for nearly two years and she’s been the editor of my Stoic Letter column on Medium. On this episode, we talk about everything writing, creativity, journaling, editing, and a lot more!
Enjoy!
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2022-09-181h 04
Mindful & DrivenDoing Less isn’t the Solution to BURNOUT — Do More of What Energizes You w/ Amy ShearnWelcome to episode 34 of the Mindful & Driven podcast! It's all about how to not lose sight of what really matters whilst chasing your dreams.Episode 34’s guest is Amy Shearn. She’s an award-winning author of the novels, Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn and How Far is the Ocean from Here. She’s currently working at Medium where she’s the editor of Human Parts and Creators Hub. She’s the former editor of the fiction publication Joyland and her work has been featured in Poets and Writers, Slate, and the New York Times.Amy shar...
2022-02-0833 min
Cabana ChatsCabana Chats: Amy ShearnIn this eleventh full episode of Cabana Chats, writer Amy Shearn talks with Resort founder Catherine LaSota about how our life circumstances impact our writing, and the joy of finding writing that speaks to you and connecting with strangers via your own writing. Some possible podcast spinoff ideas are also discussed! Also -- is Amy alien or human? You'll have to listen to find out!
Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of the novels Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean From Here. She is the Content Lead for Writing at Medium an...
2021-10-2635 min
Paul Weller Fan PodcastEP40 - Damon Minchella - Ocean Colour Scene / Weller Band - "When we sway, we sway as one, from the floorboards up!..."My latest guest is described perfectly by @BritpopMemories as 'Probably the best bass player of his generation' - Damon Minchella.As a founding member of Ocean Colour Scene for 14 years, Damon toured the world, scoring five top five albums and 15 top 20 singles (they even supported Paul at my first live Weller experience in 1992!)From 1994-2006, he doubled up as a member of Paul Weller’s band - playing on hit albums - Heliocentric, Illumination, Studio 150 and As Is Now, along with plenty of Live LPs and DVDs.Post Weller-Band, he has continued to wo...
2021-06-0151 min
Rhody Radio: Warwick Public LibraryNew & Notable Books: It Happened in the LibraryIt Happened in the Library with Siobhan
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• Unseen City by Amy Shearn
2021-02-1003 min
Writer Mother MonsterWriter Mother Monster: Amy Shearn, “Growing a person in my guts. That’s bananas.”“Growing a person in my guts. That’s bananas.”Amy Shearn is the author of the novels Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean From Here and lives in Brooklyn with her children ages 9 and 11. In this episode, Amy talks about giving up on perfection, how divorce has impacted her writing, practicing stoicism, and how “bananas” it is “to grow a person in your guts.” Find out how a woman at a playground inspired Amy’s second book.Writer Mother Monster is an interview series devoted to dismantling the...
2020-10-161h 04
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Title: Unseen City
Author: Amy Shearn
Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell, Karen Chilton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2020
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead sister’s ghost in her New York City apartment. Then she becomes obsessed with an intriguing library patron and the haunted house he’s try...
2020-09-2911h 03Absorb A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Must-Listen.Unseen City by Amy ShearnPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446803to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unseen City
Author: Amy Shearn
Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell, Karen Chilton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2020
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead sister’s ghost in her New York City apartment. Then she becomes obsessed with an intriguing library patron and the haunted house he...
2020-09-2911h 03Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ParanormalUnseen City by Amy ShearnPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446803to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unseen City
Author: Amy Shearn
Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell, Karen Chilton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2020
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead sister’s ghost in her New York City apartment. Then she becomes obsessed with an intriguing library patron and the haunted house he’s try...
2020-09-2911h 03Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionUnseen City by Amy ShearnPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446803to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unseen City
Author: Amy Shearn
Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell, Karen Chilton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2020
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead sister’s ghost in her New York City apartment. Then she becomes obsessed with an intriguing library patron and the haunted house he...
2020-09-2911h 03
Absorb Your Ears To A Captivating Full Audiobook.Unseen City by Amy ShearnPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/141935to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unseen City
Author: Amy Shearn
Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell, Karen Chilton
Format: mp3
Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 09-29-20
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: City Life
Publisher's Summary:
In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead sister’s ghost in her New York City apartment. Then she becomes obsessed with an intrigui...
2020-09-2911h 02
Otherppl with Brad Listi672. Amy ShearnAmy Shearn is the guest. Her new novel, Unseen City, is available from Red Hen Press. It is the official September pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.Shearn is the author of the novels The Mermaid of Brooklyn and How Far Is the Ocean From Here. She has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and currently lives in Brooklyn. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.Support the...
2020-09-231h 42
OK, So ...OK, So ...: Episode 14 - Amy ShearnWelcome to the Season Premiere and Episode 14 of "OK, So ...". This week, I sat down with Amy Shearn, Editor at Medium and author of three novels, including her newest "Unseen City", which drops next Tuesday, September 29th from Red Hen Press. Amy and I talked about the new school year, growing up in the Chicagoland area, the halcyon days of Internet web fiction and all manner of New York-related things. As always, please give us 5 stars on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @podcastokso
2020-09-211h 04
Check Us OutSeptember 2020 PodcastIn the September edition of Check Us Out, we discuss upcoming virtual adult school Fall programming, the New York Times database accessible with your library card, talk about many new adult and YA fall titles, and interview illustrator, Kristine Lombardi, about her new book,"The Belonging Tree."
Books discussed:
The Town Crazy by Suzzy Roche
The Lost Writings by Franz Kafka
V2 by Robert Harris
Shills Can't Cash Chips by Erle Stanley Gardner
Unseen City by Amy Shearn
Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale
Bookish and...
2020-09-1700 min
Past ForwardAmy ShearnAmy Shearn is the author of the novels How Far Is the Ocean from Here, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and Unseen City. She works as an editor, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and elsewhere. Amy lives in New York City with her two children.Unseen CityRed Hen Press, 2020A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or...
2020-07-2603 min
She Did It Her WaySDH157: Learn How to Be Comfortable with the Discomfort of Being an Entrepreneur with Erin Bagwell, Founder of Dream GirlWhat has brought you courage and strength? Have you ever thought of blending it with your personal brand? What would that manifest into? A product, a business, a space?
After dealing with sexual harassment in her workplace, feminism erased Erin Bagwell’s insecurities and feelings of invisibility. She started reading feminist journals and blogs and decided to create her own, Feminist Wednesday, that provides women like her a forum to share their stories; as well as a platform for women who have overcome those situations and regained their confidence and found success. She became so obsessed and em...
2017-05-1836 min
Anxious MachinePay Attention All the TimeParents of young children have an especially fraught relationship with their smartphones. On the one hand, these devices are indispensable tools for getting things done and staying connected to the adult world while in the midst of childcare. On the other hand, the culture is constantly telling parents, and particularly mothers, that they're too distracted by these devices, that smartphones are stealing precious attention away from our kids. But the idea that parents should be focusing so much attention on their kids is itself a modern invention. In fact, our current understanding of parenthood and childhood is...
2015-09-2824 min
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2012-11-1817 min