Michelle Zauner, the musician JAPANESE BREAKFAST and author of CRYING IN H MART

Michelle Zauner is best known as a singer and guitarist who creates dreamy, shoegaze-inspired indie pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. CRYING IN H MART is her unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Now let's join editor Jordan Pavlin in conversation with Michelle Zauner.