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Staring into the Sun, May 2026 @ten16press memoir & nonfiction: my Chinese American family | @hopeprize @oxford_flash | The Spark podcast & newsletter

I always wondered what those wooden things with a I always wondered what those wooden things with a shelf and four legs were for! 📚

And the railings are to keep the books from falling off the side. So clever. 

Seen at @lrbbookshop
Checking out where Staring into the Sun will be sh Checking out where Staring into the Sun will be shelved at the @lrbbookshop! No, they haven’t confirmed (actually, I haven’t even asked yet) but I’m a positive thinker. 

Can you spot Jung Chang’s books?
That’s right, after NINE YEARS of researching an That’s right, after NINE YEARS of researching and writing Staring into the Sun, it’s coming out in TWELVE WEEKS!

My debut links memoir and narrative nonfiction about my Chinese American family. Spanning 1895-2015, look out for a millionaire, a magician, and a model. 

It explores themes of mental health, immigration, and the ties that bind across generations. 

The afterword is by Robert G. Lee, Associate Professor of American Studies, Emeritus, at Brown University. 

@ten16press is publishing the paperback and ebook. @mercurycalling.audio is producing the audio book, narrated by myself and @_kate_hammer. 

Preorders available soon. 

#chineseamerican #AAPI #aapiheritagemonth
Can’t wait for this! My reading will be at 3:40p Can’t wait for this! My reading will be at 3:40pm. 

Get @reshare_app • @whyjason206 Let’s sign up for the Mayfair Open Mic on 7th March!
All are welcome — bring your smiles, your charm, and those irresistible words you’ve been saving for a special moment.
Join our wonderfully talented (and occasionally delightfully chaotic) community of readers. We promise good vibes, warm applause, and absolutely no judging… unless you forget your poem at home.
Audio book recording in progress! With @_kate_hamm Audio book recording in progress! With @_kate_hammer, production by @mercurycalling.audio
My @ouraring and I are excited to record the five My @ouraring and I are excited to record the five third-person, non-memoir chapters of Staring into the Sun today with actor @_kate_hammer narrating! To be produced by @mercurycalling.audio 🎧📚

#audiobook #ChineseAmerican
A lovely jaunt up to Edinburgh! A lovely jaunt up to Edinburgh!
First reel of 2026—and it’s a BIG milestone! First reel of 2026—and it’s a BIG milestone!

Publication by @ten16press in May, audiobook produced by @mercurycalling.audio
Excited about the interview with Chinese Canadian Excited about the interview with Chinese Canadian author @by_teresawong this month on The Spark podcast. Her graphic memoir, All Our Ordinary Stories, is poignant and striking. 

Fellow @1percentftp member @mathurandco gave me Teresa’s book. I was so happy when she agreed to be this month’s guest on The Spark. And more serendipity: her agent is @carlywatters of @the_shit_about_writing podcast!

This will be the last episode for a while so I can focus on getting my book out into the world this May. 

The Spark 💥 link in bio. 

#graphicmemoir #ChineseCanadian #authorinterview
Can’t believe it—Staring into the Sun is nearl Can’t believe it—Staring into the Sun is nearly ready for print! I finished the acknowledgments, notes, references, author blurb, and found all the photos I’m using: one for each chapter. And since I’m super-picky, I laid out everything too, including the family tree. 

Dana Breunig at @ten16press has designed an incredible cover I can’t wait to show you all. 

Very soon, the advance reader copies (ARCs) will be ready. Let me know if you are a book reviewer or book blogger and want a copy. 

Next up: marketing. Goodreads giveaways, here we come!

And the audio book recording with @_kate_hammer, production by @mercurycalling.audio.
Finalizing the references and resources for Starin Finalizing the references and resources for Staring into the Sun…
The last chapter of Staring into the Sun, “The O The last chapter of Staring into the Sun, “The Outstandng Descendants.”

With @anthonypostman_mercurycalling
Family tree layout is next. Family tree layout is next.
Update on finalizing Staring into the Sun. It take Update on finalizing Staring into the Sun. It takes a long time!
Suddenly, my book is almost ready for print!! The Suddenly, my book is almost ready for print!! The end notes are done, the afterword is written, and I’m sourcing a few photos. Then the advance reader copies (ARCs) will be ready to send out. 

Get ready for the cover reveal!

@ten16press
Some festive contrails to see out 2025! Wishing y Some festive contrails to see out 2025!

Wishing you all an excellent 2026 🎉🎉🎉
Finishing up the end notes for my short story coll Finishing up the end notes for my short story collection, Staring into the Sun, ahead of publication in May 2026.

Documenting details like my wealthy great-grandparents’ literal license (plate) to speed. 🚀

Money really buys privilege, for better or for worse. 

Article from the Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, March 19, 1932, front page.
My mother, brother, and grandmother at my great-gr My mother, brother, and grandmother at my great-grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary dinner in 1971, probably at the Empress of China in San Francisco.

Today is the last day of the serialization of my memoir and narrative nonfiction story collection, Staring into the Sun. I’ll leave it online for a month or two before taking it down in anticipation of its publication in May 2026 in paperback and ebook by @ten16press 🎉🎉🎉 

The audio book will be narrated by @_kate_hammer and me and produced by @mercurycalling.audio. 

Links in bio. 

#memoir #narrativenonfiction #ChineseAmerican
What a gorgeous book: @by_teresawong’s All Our O What a gorgeous book: @by_teresawong’s All Our Ordinary Stories. This graphic memoir explores Teresa’s relationship with her parents, their past, and her own Chinese Canadian identity. It is poignantly written and illustrated. 

I am so excited to have Teresa as a guest on my podcast, The Spark, in January 2026!

The book was given to me by a fellow @1percentftp member, Tinu Mathur of @mathurandco. And I was pleased to see that Teresa’s agent is @carlywatters of my favorite writing podcast, @the_shit_about_writing!

#ChineseCanadian #graphicnovel #graphicmemoir #teresawong #allourordinarystories
“Everything is in hyper-focus as I blink away te “Everything is in hyper-focus as I blink away tears. I’m drinking in every second through a lens of pure emotion and disbelief. Time stretches. I picture my great-grandfather walking these same routes as a young boy and then a teenager, before he left for America. I have one foot in 1895 and one in 2015.”

You can read about our trip in the final chapter of Staring into the Sun, available now on Substack and in May 2026 in paperback and ebook published by @ten16press, as well as audio.

#longtowwan #longtauwan #龙头环
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