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Songs on endless repeat : essays and outtakes / Anthony Veasna So ; foreword by Jonathan Dee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 224 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063049963
  • 0063049961
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / by Jonathan Dee -- We are all the same here, us Cambos -- Manchester Street -- Journey to a land free of white people -- Deep reality -- Peou and her kmouys -- Darren and Vinny -- A note on the history of Cambotown funerals -- Molly (and Peou) -- Duplex -- A year in Reading -- The roses -- The cousins at the funeral -- Dinner with the core family -- Baby yeah.
Summary: "The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, the New Yorker, and The Millions. Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine his youth in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his intimate friendships, loss, pop culture, and more. And in linked fiction following three Cambodian American cousins who stand to inherit their late aunt's illegitimate loan-sharking business, So explores community, grief, and longing with inimitable humor and depth"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography New SO, A. S675 Available 33111011221005
Total holds: 0

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A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub

By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES comes a collection like none other: sharply funny, emotionally expansive essays and linked short fiction exploring family, queer desire, pop culture, and race

The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, The New Yorker, and The Millions.

Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine his youth in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his intimate friendships, loss, pop culture, and more. And in linked fiction following three Cambodian American cousins who stand to inherit their late aunt's illegitimate loan-sharking business, So explores community, grief, and longing with inimitable humor and depth.

Following "one of the most exciting contributions to Asian American literature in recent years" (Vulture), Songs on Endless Repeat is an astonishing final expression by a writer of "extraordinary achievement and immense promise" (The New Yorker).

Foreword / by Jonathan Dee -- We are all the same here, us Cambos -- Manchester Street -- Journey to a land free of white people -- Deep reality -- Peou and her kmouys -- Darren and Vinny -- A note on the history of Cambotown funerals -- Molly (and Peou) -- Duplex -- A year in Reading -- The roses -- The cousins at the funeral -- Dinner with the core family -- Baby yeah.

"The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, the New Yorker, and The Millions. Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine his youth in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his intimate friendships, loss, pop culture, and more. And in linked fiction following three Cambodian American cousins who stand to inherit their late aunt's illegitimate loan-sharking business, So explores community, grief, and longing with inimitable humor and depth"-- Provided by publisher.

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