A Young Literary Star Makes His Posthumous Debut With 'Afterparties'
Writer Anthony Veasna So was a rising figure in the literary scene until he died in December. His stories captured the fullness of queer, Cambodian American life.
"'Would we even English without Judge Judy?'" asks a character from the new short story collection It happens during a scene where two Cambodian American cousins, Maly and Ves, are hiding out from a boring and stuffy family function. Instead, they decide to break into a closed video store, smoke weed and chill out, eventually sliding into those
