E. Alex Jung on who writer Anthony Veasna So might’ve been

E. Alex Jung 论作家 Anthony Veasna So 可能是谁

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2021-08-14

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Anthony Veasna So was a burgeoning literary star when he died of a drug overdose at 28 last year. For New York Magazine, Jung spoke with So’s friends, family, and partner about who he was. They all have different ideas.
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  • This is In Conversation from Apple News Today.

  • I'm Duarte Geraldino.

  • Every weekend we talk to the people behind the best stories on Apple News.

  • Plus, today on In Conversation, you're going to meet E.

  • Alex Jung.

  • He's a features writer at New York Magazine and Vulture.

  • Jung recently wrote a profile of author Anthony Vyasna Soh.

  • At 28, so was a burgeoning literary star.

  • He just finished writing his first book.

  • It's a collection of short stories called Afterparties.

  • But then in December of last year, so died of a drug overdose.

  • This month, After Parties was published posthumously.

  • So was a first generation Cambodian American.

  • He also identified as gay and was diagnosed as bipolar.

  • For this profile, Jung spoke with tso's friends, family and his life partner.

  • He found the people in so's life, they all seemed to remember him differently.

  • I think that maybe for Anthony he was more mutable than maybe the average person.

  • But I don't think that those versions of him were untrue.

  • I think that they were his way of living in the world.

  • In an article called Infinite Self, Zhang details these different versions of so you can read and listen to it on Apple News with an Apple News plus subscription.