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Michelle Zauner on Her New Memoir, and the Joy of Korean Cooking

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Article
https://www.vogue.com/article/michelle-zauner-crying-in-h-mart-the-joy-of-korean-cooking
Journal
Vogue
Issued Date
April 19, 2021
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
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Book
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Writer
Michelle Zauner

About the Author

  • Michelle Zauner
  • Birth : 1989 ~ -
  • Occupation : Musician, Director, Author
  • First Name : Michelle
  • Family Name : Zauner
  • Korean Name : Michelle Zauner
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 3
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  • English(English)

Michelle Zauner—the musician who performs as Japanese Breakfast, now also a published author—tells me she is most excited and nervous to hear what other Koreans will think of her memoir, Crying in H Mart. “I think it’s because there's this instant camaraderie with other Korean artists, but [they’re going to] be the most judgmental, you know what I mean?” she says. “I know when I see something romanticized in a way that I don't like, it bothers me.” Zauner has nothing to worry about. Crying in H Mart is a distinctly Korean-American story that plunges into the complexities and nuances of a young woman straddling two cultures. As a Korean-American myself, I related to Zauner’s constant self-examination of her identity, including the early-life shame she felt for being Asian in a predominantly white neighborhood. (Zauner is mixed-race, born in Seoul and raised in Eugene, Oregon, to a Korean mother and a white father.)

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