I just read a short story in the March 31 issue of The New Yorker, "Hatagaya Lore," by Bryan Washington; he is a 32-year old African American gay author and his novel "Family Meal" was shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction; the short story is about a young man who moves to Tokyo with his partner for the partner's tech job, but who stays there after his partner returns to the U.S.; it's about his development of his own life in Tokyo; I thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's a link, but you may not be able to open it if you are not a subscriber:
“Hatagaya Lore,” by Bryan Washington | The New Yorker
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