62 pages • 2 hours read
Kiese LaymonHeavy
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Exuberant, inventive language is both a feature and a theme of Laymon’s Heavy. Take a look at the chapter headings, and at the title of the book. How do the words Laymon chooses for his titles speak to the ideas in the chapters they head, and to the book’s larger ideas?
Look into some of the writers Laymon refers to in Heavy: Nikki Giovanni, Toni Cade Bambara, Margaret Walker, Richard Wright, James Baldwin. Where do you see their influence in Laymon’s work?
How does Laymon’s interest in Black feminism and intersectionality shape his thought and his writing?
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