AAPI/LGBTQIA+ Book Club: Afterparties
When:
Saturday, Dec 09, 2023 5:00p -
7:00p
Saturday, Dec 09, 2023 5:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Panethnic Pourovers
186 W Squantum Street
Quincy, Massachusetts 02171
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, LGBTQ+, Meetup
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/3158117087825889
Join Panethnic Pourovers for its monthly AAPI/LGBTQIA+ book club. This month, we'll be reading "Afterparties" by Anthony Veasna So. We'll discuss the book and share drinks and snacks. Feel free to bring snacks to share!
Book Summary
Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.
A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle’s snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a “safe space” app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.
With nuanced emotional precision, gritty humor, and compassionate insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities, the stories in Afterparties deliver an explosive introduction to the work of Anthony Veasna So
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