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‘Crying in H Mart’ Made Michelle Zauner a Literary Star. What's Next? - The New York Times

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“My creative life has been so raw and personal that I would like to do something more analytical.”

The odds are against making a career as an indie musician. Finding success as a memoirist is equally unlikely. Michelle Zauner, improbably, has done both. Under the nom-de-band Japanese Breakfast, Zauner, who is 33, has released three albums of dreamy alternative pop, including last year’s critically acclaimed “Jubilee.” That effort came close on the heels of her memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” which was not only an artistic triumph — artfully observed and emotionally rich — but a surprise runaway best seller. The book, about food and memory, the confusion that can come with biracial identity, Zau

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