Anthony Veasna So

May 6, 2024 | gandernewsroom.com | Sam Cohen |Ocean Vuong |Rachel Khong |Anthony Veasna So

We asked our colleagues across Courier Newsroom to share recommendations for books by AAPI authors. Here’s what they said. Reading has been my favorite pastime for as long as I can remember. Even from a young age, I’d choose somewhere quiet to sit and read over pretty much any other activity. I think the reason why I’ve always been drawn to it—and why it’s still something I hold close to my heart—is because reading is the number one thing that makes me feel less alone.

Jan 3, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Anthony Veasna So

It's impossible to hear this posthumously released collection of essays and fiction without heartbreak, knowing it will be So's last. Keong Sim narrates it expertly, infusing it with the electric energy, wry humor, and curiosity that defined So's first story collection, AFTERPARTIES. The fiction pieces, from his unfinished novel STRAIGHT THRU CAMBOTOWN, are full of that same unique energy, and Sim captures it beautifully.

Dec 13, 2023 | kansascity.com | Anthony Veasna So

Fans of the late Anthony Veasna So's acclaimed story collection, "Afterparties," will be thrilled by this new volume of prose containing more than 100 pages of his fantastic unfinished novel, "Straight Thru Cambotown," along with a variety of essays. So died tragically at age 28 while he was still working on the book. The polyphonic novel is terrific.

Dec 9, 2023 | bookreporter.com | Anthony Veasna So

On December 8, 2020, Cambodian American writer Anthony Veasna So died of a drug overdose at age 28. His death cut short a promising literary career, evidenced by the critical acclaim for his posthumous debut short story collection, AFTERPARTIES, which won the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize for best first book. Fortunately for admirers of So’s writing, that collection wasn’t the only work he left behind.

Dec 7, 2023 | startribune.com | Anthony Veasna So

Fans of the late Anthony Veasna So's acclaimed story collection, "Afterparties," will be thrilled by this new volume of prose containing more than 100 pages of his fantastic unfinished novel, "Straight Thru Cambotown," along with a variety of essays. So died tragically at age 28 while he was still working on the book. The polyphonic novel is terrific.