9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 13, 2023
In my tentative forays into the world of BookTok (that’s book-themed TikTok, for those of you not on social media), I’ve found it a little hard to get my bearings: There’s a lot of infectious enthusiasm without much explanation or analysis, like a food package that’s missing the nutritional label. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing of value to be found there. One of our suggested books this week comes from an author who has become an unlikely sensation on BookTok: the midcentury Japanese modernist Osamu Dazai, who . . .
