How Long to Read A Time Before Slaughter

How Long Does it Take to Read A Time Before Slaughter?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read A Time Before Slaughter by Paul E. Nelson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this epic poem, Paul Nelson re-enacts the history of Auburn, Washington, originally known as the town of Slaughter. Written in the spirit of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson, and Michael McClure, A Time Before Slaughter explores the history of this Northwestern place from the myths of Native people to the xenophobia toward Japanese-Americans, from the urge to control to the hunger for liberation. Set against the backdrop of a towering dormant volcano (Mt. Rainier), the beauty of the verse pays homage to the beauty of the place. "Here's one more big hunk of the American shoulder," said poet Michael McClure. "As Olson carved his from the North East, Nelson takes his from the Pacific North West. It's beautiful time-space in new words." "...If the original Slaughter reads like an archeological elegy for a past consciousness virally erased by settler 'Dominism, ' the extended book turns that on its head, and lends us new instruments with which to re-inhabit place... Poetry need not romantically lament a lost reality, or limply critique hegemonic systems... In these poems, Cascadia isn't a lost place, an Atlantis, but an island, a 'vast metaphor for concentration...' something potential always waiting to be spontaneously inhabited and made true." --Matt Trease

How long is A Time Before Slaughter?

A Time Before Slaughter by Paul E. Nelson is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Time Before Slaughter Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read A Time Before Slaughter aloud.

What Reading Level is A Time Before Slaughter?

A Time Before Slaughter is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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