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In addition to leading one of the U.S.’s top bands of the moment, Zauner’s memoir Crying in H Mart became a national bestseller.
PIHLADELPHIA â Before Michelle Zauner wrote "Crying in H Mart," her heartbreakingly beautiful memoir about grief, food, and her Korean American identity, she had already created two works of art about losing her mother, Chongmi, to cancer in 2014: the Japanese Breakfast albums "Psychopomp" and "Soft Sounds from Another Planet." "Psychopomp" opens with "In Heaven," with a verse about the family dog being confused by a sudden absence: "She just paces around all day, sniffing at your empty room / I'm trying to believe when I sleep it's really you visiting my dreams, like they say that angel...