Amanda Stern
@amandastern.bsky.social
Native New Yorker. Author of 13 books. Everything I own is stained.
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Amanda Stern
@amandastern.bsky.social
· Dec 10
I’m not a therapist, but I play one on the TV show I pretend I’m on.
Thank you, #Malala @newyorker.com 🙏♥️
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Thank you, #Malala @newyorker.com 🙏♥️
Making 🍿
turning on the CNN coverage of the NY election with a wide, placid smile on my face
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Making 🍿
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Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.
Adam did me right.
Aka: Outtakes from baby’s first AI. (Full video on my IG)
Aka: Outtakes from baby’s first AI. (Full video on my IG)
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Adam did me right.
Aka: Outtakes from baby’s first AI. (Full video on my IG)
Aka: Outtakes from baby’s first AI. (Full video on my IG)
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In case you missed it, Stephen Miller just admited Trump plans to to take dictatorial control over the military, then realized he shouldnt have said it and froze. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
‘Trump has plenary authority…’: Stephen Miller's ‘awkward silence’ on Guard deployment to Oregon | Today News
Stephen Miller faced criticism for suggesting President Trump has absolute authority to deploy National Guard troops to Oregon. A federal judge blocked the deployment, stating it could infringe on sta...
www.livemint.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In case you missed it, Stephen Miller just admited Trump plans to to take dictatorial control over the military, then realized he shouldnt have said it and froze. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
In more important news, this is terrifying and I fear NYC is next. Why isn’t this front page news everywhere?
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In more important news, this is terrifying and I fear NYC is next. Why isn’t this front page news everywhere?
Does everyone know you’re supposed to wear face moisturizer underneath your sunscreen?
If so, why didn’t you tell me?
If so, why didn’t you tell me?
October 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Does everyone know you’re supposed to wear face moisturizer underneath your sunscreen?
If so, why didn’t you tell me?
If so, why didn’t you tell me?
This is such sad news. Dan published The Long Haul as an e-book and believed in me and my work more than I did. Thank you for uplifting the little guy. You will be so missed.
I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of Dan Wickett, founder of the Emerging Writers Network and Dzanc Books. Dan was so kind and such a connector. He was one of the first people to take me seriously as a writer and take @barrelhouse.bsky.social seriously as a literary magazine.
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is such sad news. Dan published The Long Haul as an e-book and believed in me and my work more than I did. Thank you for uplifting the little guy. You will be so missed.
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“This means war” to “who led this sweet boy astray” in less than 48 hours
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“This means war” to “who led this sweet boy astray” in less than 48 hours
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
My 14 year old pup staring at the love of her life…
an empty barn the size of dog park.
an empty barn the size of dog park.
August 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My 14 year old pup staring at the love of her life…
an empty barn the size of dog park.
an empty barn the size of dog park.
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I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook
August 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I grew up in Washington DC and it has never felt safer or cleaner. Trump's "emergency" is fake, straight out of the authoritarian playbook
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"My Fonseca soundtrack is really three soundtracks reflecting just how long it took me to write this novel."
Jessica Francis Kane shared a playlist for her novel Fonseca at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/12/j... @penguinpress.bsky.social
Jessica Francis Kane shared a playlist for her novel Fonseca at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/12/j... @penguinpress.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"My Fonseca soundtrack is really three soundtracks reflecting just how long it took me to write this novel."
Jessica Francis Kane shared a playlist for her novel Fonseca at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/12/j... @penguinpress.bsky.social
Jessica Francis Kane shared a playlist for her novel Fonseca at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/12/j... @penguinpress.bsky.social
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Can’t make this up.
July 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can’t make this up.
bit.ly/complexemotion
You know the kind of writing that unsettles something in you—before you even understand why?
I’ve developed a technique—rooted in literary craft and somatic psychology—for capturing the unconscious stirrings that drive that emotion.
It works.
Two days left to apply.
You know the kind of writing that unsettles something in you—before you even understand why?
I’ve developed a technique—rooted in literary craft and somatic psychology—for capturing the unconscious stirrings that drive that emotion.
It works.
Two days left to apply.
Master Class: How to Write Complex Emotion with Amanda Stern — The Shipman Agency
2 Sessions: Monday + Tuesday, July 14 + 15 6:00-8:30 pm ET Amanda Stern Amanda Stern is the author of 13 books and a dedicated mental health advocate, serving on the advisory board of Bring Cha...
bit.ly
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
bit.ly/complexemotion
You know the kind of writing that unsettles something in you—before you even understand why?
I’ve developed a technique—rooted in literary craft and somatic psychology—for capturing the unconscious stirrings that drive that emotion.
It works.
Two days left to apply.
You know the kind of writing that unsettles something in you—before you even understand why?
I’ve developed a technique—rooted in literary craft and somatic psychology—for capturing the unconscious stirrings that drive that emotion.
It works.
Two days left to apply.
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Submissions are open for the next issue!
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We can't wait to see your work 😍
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We can't wait to see your work 😍
June 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Submissions are open for the next issue!
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We can't wait to see your work 😍
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We can't wait to see your work 😍
Extremely mad I didn’t think of this absolutely amazing tweet.
June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Extremely mad I didn’t think of this absolutely amazing tweet.
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June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I went to the first-ever New York Times Well Festival and took notes!
Read them in today's How to Live Newsletter. Link in first comment.
Read them in today's How to Live Newsletter. Link in first comment.
May 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I went to the first-ever New York Times Well Festival and took notes!
Read them in today's How to Live Newsletter. Link in first comment.
Read them in today's How to Live Newsletter. Link in first comment.
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⭐️
Celebrate Mother’s Day by letting people choose whether or not to be mothers.
May 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
⭐️
This workshop is sold out! If you missed the moment, don’t worry—I’ll hopefully offer it again soon.
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This workshop is sold out! If you missed the moment, don’t worry—I’ll hopefully offer it again soon.
Wanna learn how to write emotion so your readers feel it in their bodies?
Take this workshop. It comes around only once or twice a year.
“The best writing workshop I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA and not one professor taught me this.” —Lauren C
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/unsayable
Take this workshop. It comes around only once or twice a year.
“The best writing workshop I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA and not one professor taught me this.” —Lauren C
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/unsayable
The Masterclass is back (10 spots only)
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org
April 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wanna learn how to write emotion so your readers feel it in their bodies?
Take this workshop. It comes around only once or twice a year.
“The best writing workshop I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA and not one professor taught me this.” —Lauren C
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/unsayable
Take this workshop. It comes around only once or twice a year.
“The best writing workshop I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA and not one professor taught me this.” —Lauren C
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/unsayable
Not everything is as it appears.
I’m spilling all about my disastrous Home Exchange in Malta.
You can read the gruesome details in the How to Live Newsletter.
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/moldymalta
I’m spilling all about my disastrous Home Exchange in Malta.
You can read the gruesome details in the How to Live Newsletter.
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/moldymalta
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Not everything is as it appears.
I’m spilling all about my disastrous Home Exchange in Malta.
You can read the gruesome details in the How to Live Newsletter.
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/moldymalta
I’m spilling all about my disastrous Home Exchange in Malta.
You can read the gruesome details in the How to Live Newsletter.
www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org/p/moldymalta