Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

The New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES, Anthony Veasna Sos, has released a new collection of essays and short fiction titled Songs on Endless Repeat. The collection explores family, queer desire, pop culture, and race with sharp humor and emotional depth, examining Sos' youth, refugee parents, friendships, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES has crafted a collection like no other, featuring a blend of sharply funny, emotionally expansive essays and linked short fiction that delves into the realms of family, queer desire, pop culture, and race. The late Anthony Veasna Sos' debut story collection, Afterparties, was a groundbreaking publication, celebrated as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). He was equally renowned for his comic, soulful essays, which were published in esteemed publications such as n+1, The New Yorker, and The Millions.

Songs on Endless Repeat brings together these essays, along with previously unpublished fiction, showcasing Veasna Sos' exceptional wit and unflinching eye. The essays delve into his childhood in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his close friendships, personal losses, pop culture, and much more. Additionally, in linked fiction that follows three Cambodian American cousins who stand to inherit their late aunt's illegitimate loan-sharking business, Veasna Sos explores community, grief, and longing with his signature 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" (New Yorker). This collection is a testament to Veasna Sos' talent and the profound impact his writing has had on readers worldwide.

Weight: 362g
Dimension: 149 x 218 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780063049963