What I Have Been Doing Lately | Essays and Criticism

  • The Meaning of What I Have Been Doing Lately

    In the following essay, the author attempts to decipher the mean- ing of Kincaid’s ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately’’ by examining it ‘‘through the lens of alchemy.’’

  • An Overview of What I Have Been Doing Lately

    In the following essay, she examines Kincaid’s ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately’’ and contends that it is ‘‘a story about the power of storytelling to reveal truth.’’

  • At the Bottom of the River: Mystical (De)coding

    In the following excerpt, Ferguson offers an interpretation of Kincaid’s ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately,’’ and claims that the story is ‘‘a discrete narrative about a child growing up in a world where psychological, physical, and political dominations seem the order of the day.’’

  • Jamaica Kincaid

    In the following excerpt, the author discusses Kincaid’s ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately,’’ and asserts that it offers a variation on ‘‘the mythic story of the fall of man.’’