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Cover of Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

In-Person and Virtual Program
2026-05-26 18:00:00 2026-05-26 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, May 26
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-05-26 18:00:00 2026-05-26 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ+ Book Club Discussing Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

West Hollywood Library

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Join the LGBTQ+ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So. For adults.

This is a hybrid event and will be hosted in-person in the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room as well as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the meeting via email.

https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-Goqz4uGNNbzVuW720zsRrGxTK1VeLG

West Hollywood Library's LGBTQ+ Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works of relevance and interest to the LGBTQ+ community.

Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the book. eBook is available through hoopla digital (no wait) and downloadable audiobook is available through Libby app/OverDrive as well as hoopla digital (no wait).

Summary provided by the publisher:

A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life-immersive and comic, yet unsparing-that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities.

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.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | LGBTQ+ Pride | Book Club | Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |

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West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

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