A review by evaribaker
Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

4.0

I really enjoyed this collection of stories, focused on characters identifying as Cambodian-American. I’m ashamed to admit that I know very little about the plight of Cambodian people, other than general brush strokes about the Khmer Rouge and genocide. I didn’t know, for example, that a lot of Cambodian refugees were resettled in Stockton, CA, the setting of many of these stories. I got to the end of this collection and felt excitement about reading more from the author; whose voice and perspective were so fresh and interesting. I was shocked and saddened to read that he died of a drug overdose before the collection was released. It’s worth picking up this collection. Though he is gone, his voice and work deserve to be heard and read.