Michelle Zauner

Published: July 18, 2021, 8 p.m.

Michelle Zauner is a musician who plays indie pop under the name \u201cJapanese Breakfast\u201d.\xa0 Zauner grew up in the Pacific Northwest, raised by her mother, a Korean immigrant.\xa0 As an adult, she moved back to become a caregiver at the end of her mother\u2019s life.\xa0 Her memoir \u201cCrying in H-Mart\u201d grapples with grief and trauma - but also provides delicious detail about her family\u2019s Korean cooking.\xa0 On May 6, 2021, Zauner spoke with comedian Bowen Yang of Saturday Night Live.