What I Have Been Doing Lately | Topics for Further Study

How can colonization affect the literature of a region? More specifically, how might writers who have been colonial subjects use their art to address issues of colonization?

How does Kincaid’s use of symbols contribute to or hinder your understanding of ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately’’?

Contrast the version of ‘‘What I Have Been Doing Lately’’ that appeared in The Paris Review with that which appears in At the Bottom of the River. How are they different? Do these differences change your first impressions and/or understanding of the work?...

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