"The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, hailed as a "bittersweet triumph for a fresh voice silenced too soon" (Fresh Air). And he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays, published in n+1, the New Yorker, and The Millions. Songs on Endless Repeat gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine his youth in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his intimate friendships, loss, pop culture, and more. And in linked fiction following three Cambodian American cousins who stand to inherit their late aunt's illegitimate loan-sharking business, So explores community, grief, and longing with inimitable humor and depth"--

Foreword /

by Jonathan Dee -- We are all the same here, us Cambos -- Manchester Street -- Journey to a land free of white people -- Deep reality -- Peou and her kmouys -- Darren and Vinny -- A note on the history of Cambotown funerals -- Molly (and Peou) -- Duplex -- A year in Reading -- Roses -- Cousins at the funeral -- Dinner with the core family -- Baby yeah