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Creative Writing

City University of New York (CUNY)

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2019

Autotheory

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"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu Jan 2019

"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu

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In this lyric essay/work of creative nonfiction (listed among “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction” in Best American Essays 2020), Seo-Young Chu uses poetry, autotheory, and creative nonfiction to explore the generational trauma/postmemory han she inherited from her parents and the importance of destigmatizing mental illness through dialogue.