A joy to see three of my nominations turn into prizes — it’s the first for Jennifer Chang & the late Anthony Veasna So () — and ’s work is always an event 💜
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queer/khmer, story collection, AFTERPARTIES, from (8/3/21), also . pisces but wanna dance. a "hella" fuckboy.
Congratulations to the finalists for the NBCC John Leonard Prize for best first book in any genre: Ashley C. Ford, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Torrey Peters, Larissa Pham, Anthony Veasna So, and Devon Walker-Figueroa!
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I’ve been a reader/fan for so long I can’t believe this, the guy who wrote so beautifully about Anthony Veasna So, Lauren Berlant, Lisa Hsaio Chen/Tehching Hsieh, Eddy Zheng, J Dilla, HT Tsiang, etc etc…recommends my book😩💀……
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The Anthony Veasna So essay “Baby Yeah” in ’s BAE is just incredible, beautiful and heartbreaking and has inspired me, among other things, to start listening to Pavement again. As others have been saying, this whole anthology is just off the charts amazing.
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Anthony Veasna So's Afterparties explores what it means to be Cambodian.
Through a collection of short stories, So reclaims the complexity of words like “diaspora” and “refugee” and “survivor.”and shows us how we can only know ourselves through our community.
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There’s a kind of Sisyphean irony throughout these stories, but the absurdity of the moment doesn’t deter the characters.
Update: down to 8 books! Finished off “Afterparties” by Anthony Veasna So. This book was made up of a collection of short stories that reflect generational trauma through the lens of Cambodian-Americans in California. Good read—3stars from me!
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Congratulations to Anthony Veasna So, winner of the NBCC 2021 John Leonard Prize with AFTERPARTIES ()!
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—Kyung-Sook Shin, trans. VIOLETS (FP)
—, trans. Ho-Ling Wong THE DECAGON HOUSE MURDERS ()
—Rachel Cusk SECOND PLACE ()
—Anthony Veasna So AFTERPARTIES ()
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Anthony Veasna So’s sister can see her family members in virtually all of the young, old, immigrant, Americanized, queer, straight, hard-working, irresponsible, male and female Khmer American characters who appear in his book “Afterparties.”
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Today we are celebrating the life and work of Anthony Veasna So, who passed away a year ago. It has been great seeing his collection Afterparties make so many best of 2021 lists. Sending love to all his friends, family, and readers. We miss you, Anthony.
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Anthony Veasna So's story collection, AFTERPARTIES, is available in paperback to adopt in your course. Learn more, and read an excerpt, at our book page: fal.cn/3uf7v #courseadoption #shortstories
In an essay that Anthony Veasna So wrote shortly before his death, he reflected on his time at Stanford and everything his parents, who were refugees from Cambodia, did to get him there.
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People like to say that the best advice they can give to writers is to read a lot. And that's true, of course. But you shouldn't just read #literature. You should read life. Read movies, and art, and people. Read everything around you, very critically.
ANTHONY VEASNA SO
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Anthony Veasna So's amazing works:
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