The Spark with Madelyn Postman

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A monthly podcast with author interviews and reading recommendations. This is the audio version of The Spark, which you can subscribe to by email or read in the Substack app. Madelyn Postman is the author of Staring into the Sun, which links memoir with her Chinese American family's intergenerational tales. madelynpostman.substack.com

  1. Jun 15

    22 Staring into the Sun

    News flash: I’m not taking a break from The Spark after all. I am, however, streamlining the format slightly. There will be one reading recommendation every month and I’m dropping the writing tips and resources. Updates on my moseying will continue, as will the mainstay of the podcast: the author interviews. On my US book tour for Staring into the Sun, a friend from primary school suggested that I be the next interview subject. The first conversation partner I thought of was Jason Buchholz, author of A Paper Son and The Cartographer of Sands, and the co-founder and co-owner of writing consultancy Collaborist. I hope that you enjoy the interview as much as I did! 📚 Recommendation for ravenous readers Interior Chinatown: A Novel by Charles Yu (Pantheon, 2020) Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO (single-room occupancy) and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it? After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. 👣 My moseying As of today, I’ve had nine Staring into the Sun events between the UK and the US. These have been incredible, each one unique and special. I’ve discovered that I can talk endlessly about my book, which is not a surprise to anyone I’ve come across in the last decade. It’s been fun as the events have progressed to have more and more people attending who have read the book. Their questions are consequently much more specific, either about writing process or particular people. Huge thanks to the people and organizations who have helped put together these magical events, and to everyone who attended. The next reading is on Saturday, June 20, 11am-12:30pm at my local Amersham Library. If you would like to get your hands on a copy, see the links below. 🇺🇸 US Buy paperback | ebook (published by Ten16 Press) 🇬🇧 UK Buy paperback | ebook (published by Ten16 Press) 🎧 Audiobook on all platforms (produced by Mercury Calling) 🎙️ Interview with Madelyn Postman In conversation with Jason Buchholz. Please listen to the audio for the full interview. Books mentioned: Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino The Overstory by Richard Powers Also mentioned: Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center in Oakland, California Museum of Chinese in America, New York City Share The Spark 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun 🇺🇸 US Buy paperback | ebook (published by Ten16 Press) 🇬🇧 UK Buy paperback | ebook (published by Ten16 Press) 🎧 Audiobook on all platforms (produced by Mercury Calling) “Things My Dad Told Me” in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by Mercury Calling. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    1h 7m

  2. May 15

    May...I take a break?

    Staring into the Sun is out in the wild! The paperback and ebook are published by Ten16 Press. The audiobook, available soon, is read by Kate Hammer, Anthony Postman, and myself and it’s produced by Mercury Calling. 🇺🇸 US Buy paperback | ebook 🇬🇧 UK Buy paperback | ebook ☕️ A break from The Spark As I had announced in January before giving into the temptation of releasing some audiobook teasers in February, March, and April, I’m going to take a break from The Spark. I may come back to it later in the summer or autumn, or I may not. Working four days a week plus current book stuff and wanting to continue writing my second book doesn’t leave a lot of time for the podcast and newsletter, much as I love it. But (on the other hand—which hand am I on now?) I truly value the community The Spark creates with authors, readers, publishers, bookshop owners, and other “literary citizens.” So watch this space! 🗓️ Book tour dates I’ve already had three incredible launch events in the UK. Check out Instagram for photos. Next stop: Reno and Carson City, Nevada! Then it’s the San Francisco Bay Area and finally, New York Chinatown. Weds, May 27 — Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV (info here) Thurs, May 28 — The Radical Cat, Reno, NV (free tickets here) Sat, May 30 — Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center, Oakland (free tickets here) Sun, May 31 — The Pearl, Locke, CA with the kind support of the Locke Foundation and the 1882 Foundation (free tickets here) Weds, June 3 — Museum of Chinese in America, New York (tickets here) Back in London, join me at The RSA in June. Fri, June 12 — The Royal Society of Arts, London (free tickets here) Huge thanks to the people and organizations who have helped put together these magical events. It’s a dream come true for me. See you on the flip side! Share The Spark 📙 Where to find my writing "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    2 min

  3. Apr 15

    21 Excerpt of "An Upright Man"

    Ahead of the publication of my debut, Staring into the Sun, in May, I hope you enjoy this excerpt from the third chapter, “An Upright Man.” It’s about my great-grandfather, Henri Wu. Staring into the Sun can be pre-ordered in the US with Ten16 Press and it’s already available for purchase in the UK. The audio book is read by Kate Hammer, Anthony Postman, and myself and it’s produced by Mercury Calling. 🗓️ Book tour dates Friday-Sunday, April 17-19 — Outland Publishing Fair, Peckham, London Friday, May 1 — Season’s Cafe, Amersham, UK (let me know if you want an invite) Tues, May 5 — Queen’s Park Books, London (let me know if you want an invite) Mon, May 11 — Brown Club of the UK, Castiglione, London (for Brown University and Phillips Exeter Academy alumni) Weds, May 27 — Brewery Arts Center, Carson City, NV Thurs, May 28 — The Radical Cat, Reno, NV Sat, May 30 — Shoong Family Chinese Cultural Center, Oakland Sun, May 31 — The Pearl, Locke, CA with the kind support of the Locke Foundation and the 1882 Foundation Weds, June 3 — Museum of Chinese in America, New York Share The Spark 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun will be published by Ten16 Press in May 2026 in paperback and ebook. The audio book is read by Kate Hammer, Anthony Postman, and myself and it is produced by Mercury Calling. The book can be pre-ordered in the US with Ten16 Press and it’s already available for purchase in the UK. "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    15 min

  4. Mar 15

    20 Excerpt of Staring into the Sun

    Last month, I announced that I would stop The Spark newsletter and podcast indefinitely. But then, chatting with a friend, I asked myself: why don’t I use this platform to share an audio excerpt of my debut, Staring into the Sun? So please enjoy the beginning of the first story, “Things My Dad Told Me.” This story was shortlisted in The Hope Prize and published by Simon & Schuster Australia in the anthology, Tomorrow There Will Be Sun. 🗓️ Book tour dates Here are my planned tour dates. Specific event details coming soon! Sat & Sun, May 23 & 24 — New York Tues-Thurs, May 26-28 — Reno Fri, May 29 — Locke, CA Sat-Sun, May 30-31 — San Francisco Bay Area Share The Spark 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun will be published by Ten16 Press in May 2026 in paperback and ebook. The audio book will be produced by Mercury Calling. 👉 Preorder links coming soon! 👈 "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    12 min

  5. Feb 15

    19 First excerpt of Staring into the Sun

    Last month, I announced that I would stop The Spark newsletter and podcast indefinitely. But then, chatting with a friend, I asked myself: why don’t I use this platform to share an audio excerpt of my debut, Staring into the Sun? So please enjoy the beginning of the first story, “Things My Dad Told Me.” This story was shortlisted in The Hope Prize and published by Simon & Schuster Australia in the anthology, Tomorrow There Will Be Sun. 🗓️ Book tour dates Here are my planned tour dates. Specific event details coming soon! Sat & Sun, May 23 & 24 — New York Tues-Thurs, May 26-28 — Reno Fri, May 29 — Locke, CA Sat-Sun, May 30-31 — San Francisco Bay Area Share The Spark 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun will be published by Ten16 Press in May 2026 in paperback and ebook. The audio book will be produced by Mercury Calling. 👉 Preorder links coming soon! 👈 "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    10 min

  6. Jan 15

    18 Comics and Traditional Chinese Painting

    This will be the last edition of The Spark podcast and newsletter, maybe for a while, maybe ever. I will be using the time freed up to focus on my short story collection, Staring into the Sun. I do love The Spark as a means to connect to other writers, so we’ll see what happens to it. For the full interview with Teresa Wong, tune in to The Spark wherever you listen to podcasts. 📚 Recommendations for ravenous readers Here are the recommended reads for January. Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong (2019) In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet perfectly captures the quiet desperation of those suffering from postpartum depression and the profound feelings of inadequacy and loss. As Teresa grapples with her fears and anxieties and grasps at potential remedies, coping mechanisms, and her mother's Chinese elixirs, we come to understand one woman's battle against the cruel dynamics of postpartum depression. There There by Tommy Orange (2018) This novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Share The Spark ✏️ Resources for wonderful writers My Instagram feed shared a couple of upcoming book festivals on both sides of the pond. Milton Keynes Literary Festival, April 9-12, 2026. “A fabulous festival of books, words, writers, and ideas.” Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, University of Southern California, April 18-19, 2026. “Many stories. One weekend.” 👣 My moseying This is the year that Staring into the Sun will be published. It’s nearly ready to go to print. I finally finished the endnotes and the acknowledgments. Professor emeritus Robert G. Lee of Brown University wrote an afterword that places Joe Shoong’s story in historical context. Ten16 Press is publishing the paperback and ebook in May 2026. Mercury Calling will produce the audio book.It’s full speed ahead with marketing now! 🎙️ Interview with Teresa Wong I came across Teresa Wong when fellow 1% for the Planet business member Tinu Mathur of Mathur & Co gave me All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey. Teresa Wong is the author of the acclaimed graphic memoirs All Our Ordinary Stories and Dear Scarlet, both longlisted for CBC Canada Reads and finalists for the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. All Our Ordinary Stories received two Alberta Literary Awards and was also a finalist for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award in nonfiction. Her comics and writing have appeared in The Believer, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s and The Walrus. She teaches graphic narrative through Gotham Writers Workshop and was also the 2021–22 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary. Books and authors mentioned: Raina Telgemeier wrote “How Do You Make a Graphic Novel (and, Why Do They Take So Long?)” Will There Ever Be Another You and Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey La Mennulara by Simonetta Agnello Hornby and Massimo Fenati Teresa can be found on Instagram @by_teresawong and at her website byteresawong.com. Tune in to the The Spark podcast for the full interview. 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun in May 2026, published by Ten16 Press in paperback and ebook, audio produced by Mercury Calling. "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    45 min

  7. 12/15/2025

    17 From Hybrid to Self-Publishing

    For the full interview with Maggie Smith, tune in to The Spark wherever you listen to podcasts. 📚 Recommendation for ravenous readers Here is the recommended read for December. All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong Beginning with her mother’s stroke in 2014, Teresa Wong takes us on a moving journey through time and place to locate the beginnings of the disconnection she feels from her parents. Through a series of stories--some epic, like her mother and father’s daring escapes from communes during China’s Cultural Revolution, and some banal, like her quitting Chinese school to watch Saturday morning cartoons--Wong carefully examines the cultural, historical, language, and personality barriers to intimacy in her family, seeking answers to the questions “Where did I come from?” and “Where are we going?” At the same time, she discovers how storytelling can bridge distances and help make sense of a life. I’m excited to announce that Teresa will be our guest author in January! Share The Spark ✏️ Resource for wonderful writers The Outland Publishing Fair spotlights creative publishing practices from Chinese and Sino-diasporic communities in London and worldwide. Bringing together leading practitioners and their works across various regions, the fair aspires to establish a vibrant network that catalyses the translocal and intercultural mobility of Sinophone publications. It is scheduled for 17–19 April 2026 at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham in South London. 👣 My moseying I’m making progress with getting Staring into the Sun ready for ARCs (advance reader copies) and other marketing ahead of its publication by Ten16 Press in May 2026. 🎙️ Interview with Maggie Smith I first heard Maggie Smith either on the podcast she hosts, Hear Us Roar, or being interviewed on The S**t No One Tells You About Writing podcast. After getting my deal with Ten16 Press, I got in touch with her to ask how it was working with the publisher and she was very generous with her feedback and sharing resources. In a career that’s included work as a journalist, a psychologist, and the founder of a national art consulting company, Maggie Smith added novelist to her resume in 2022 with the publication of her debut, Truth and Other Lies. Her second novel, Blindspot, was published in May 2024. Maggie also hosts the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar, where she interviews debut authors about their novel and their path to publication. She blogs monthly on Substack and is a board member of Novel Book Camp and the Chicago Writer’s Association, where she serves as Managing Editor of their Write City Magazine. She lives in Milwaukee with her husband. Books mentioned: The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer  We Begin at the End and All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Maggie can be found on Substack as @maggiesmithwriter, on Instagram as @maggiesmithwrites, and at maggiesmithwriter.com. Tune in to the The Spark podcast for the full interview. 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun on Substack, weekly through the end of 2025. "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

    33 min

  8. 11/15/2025

    16 Stories Begging to Be Told

    For the full interview with publisher Michael T. Braun of Orange Hat Publishing and Ten16 Press, tune in to The Spark wherever you listen to podcasts. 📚 Recommendations for ravenous readers Here is the recommended read for November. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (2016) At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015. Share The Spark ✏️ Resources for wonderful writers This month, a single suggestion: to find balance between your writing and everything else in your life. My own life is super busy right now, so I’ve streamlined this month’s edition! 👣 My moseying The cover design of Staring into the Sun is pretty much finalized. Can’t wait to share it with everyone, probably early next year. Many thanks to Dana Breunig at Ten16 Press for the design. I’m still working on the end notes of my book. With all this life busy-ness, I’ve dropped my novel-writing group earlier than planned. I was going to see out the year with three more meetings, but stopped it early. I plan to get back to writing my novel in the second half of 2026. 🎙️ Interview with publisher Michael T. Braun I met Michael after submitting my manuscript to Orange Hat Publishing, one of about twenty submissions I made to independent publishers. His first email to me, which arrived auspiciously on my twentieth wedding anniversary, had the subject line, “Let’s Work Together on Staring Into the Sun.” Michael T. Braun is the owner and editor-in-chief of Orange Hat Publishing and its imprint Ten16 Press. He holds a BA in English literature and an MA and PhD in communication science, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before purchasing Orange Hat from its founder, he worked in academic research and program evaluation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Medical College of Wisconsin. In addition to his role at Orange Hat, he is an adjunct professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, teaching writing. Books mentioned: Haven: A Small Cat’s Big Adventure by Megan Wagner Lloyd The Hallmarked Man by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith The Forgotten 500 by Gregory A. Freeman A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Magicians by Lev Grossman Tailspin by John Armbruster Michael can be found on Instagram as @brauninthebooks. Orange Hat Publishing is at orangehatpublishing.com, on Instagram, and on Facebook. Ten16 Press is also on Instagram and Facebook. Tune in to the The Spark podcast for the full interview. 📙 Where to find my writing Staring into the Sun on Substack, weekly through the end of 2025. "Things My Dad Told Me" in Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, The Hope Prize anthology published by Simon & Schuster Australia.Buy in US | Buy in UK “Gold Mountain Diggers” in Issue 10 of Livina Press.Buy in US | Buy in UK “His Bones” in Transformations, the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize anthology.Buy in US | Buy in UK Find out more about me and my writing, including press coverage, on my website: madelynpostman.com. Most book links go to my Bookshop.org page, where sales are win-win-win, benefiting the authors, local bookstores, and my own writing—unlike using A-you-know-who. You can listen to The Spark on your favorite podcast platform. On Substack, you can listen to the podcast and subscribe to the newsletter. Please take a moment to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it would mean the world to me. And please share it with your reading and writing friends! Music and mixing by anthony@mercurycalling.audio. Thanks for reading The Spark! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Share The Spark This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madelynpostman.substack.com

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A monthly podcast with author interviews and reading recommendations. This is the audio version of The Spark, which you can subscribe to by email or read in the Substack app. Madelyn Postman is the author of Staring into the Sun, which links memoir with her Chinese American family's intergenerational tales. madelynpostman.substack.com

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    A monthly podcast for ravenous readers and wonderful writers
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    2024 - 2026
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