AdvertisementLarry Woiwode, the author of lyrical, expansive novels, short stories, poems and essays, mostly planted in the American West, that explored the power of place, family ties and faith, spiritual and otherwise, died on April 28 in Bismarck, N.D. He was 80.His son, Joseph, confirmed the death, in a hospital, but did not specify a cause.Mr. Woiwode’s 1975 novel, “Beyond the Bedroom Wall,” a 600-page saga about four generations of a North Dakota farming clan, established his place in American letters. For its epic sweep, elegant language and essential themes, he was compared to...…AdvertisementLarry Woiwode, the author of lyrical, expansive novels, short stories, poems and essays, mostly planted in the American West, that explored the power of place, family ties and faith, spiritual and otherwise, died on April 28 in Bismarck, N.D. He was 80.His son, Joseph, confirmed the death, in a hospital, but did not specify a cause.Mr. Woiwode’s 1975 novel, “Beyond the Bedroom Wall,” a 600-page saga about four generations of a North Dakota farming clan, established his place in American letters. For its epic sweep, elegant language and essential themes, he was compared to...WW…

Anthony Veasna So, the author of crackling, kinetic and darkly comedic stories that made vivid the lives of first-generation Khmer Americans, died Tuesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 28.Alex Torres, So’s partner, confirmed the death but said he did not know the cause. He said it was sudden and unexpected.So was on the brink of literary stardom. His first book, “Afterparties,” a collection of short stories that author Jonathan Dee described as a “history-haunted comedy of Cambodian American manners,” will be published by Ecco in August 2021.Ecco had won the work in a bidding war,...…Anthony Veasna So, the author of crackling, kinetic and darkly comedic stories that made vivid the lives of first-generation Khmer Americans, died Tuesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 28.Alex Torres, So’s partner, confirmed the death but said he did not know the cause. He said it was sudden and unexpected.So was on the brink of literary stardom. His first book, “Afterparties,” a collection of short stories that author Jonathan Dee described as a “history-haunted comedy of Cambodian American manners,” will be published by Ecco in August 2021.Ecco had won the work in a bidding war,...WW…