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[email protected]. “I Refuse to Die:” The Poetics of Intergenerational Trauma in the Works of Li-Young Lee, Ocean Vuong, Cathy Park Hong, and Emily Jungmin Yoon Senior Project Submitted to The Division of Language and Literature of Bard College by Helli Fang Annandale-on-Hudson, NY December 2019 Acknowledgements I can’t extend enough gratitude to my incredible mentors at Bard, who have not only shaped and informed this project, but have helped me discover my own interests, and provided me the means to pursue them.