It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read African American Mystery Writers by Frankie Y. Bailey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The book describes the movement by African American authors from slave narratives and antebellum newspapers into fiction writing, and the subsequent developments of black genre fiction through the present. It analyzes works by modern African American mystery writers, focusing on sleuths, the social locations of crime, victims and offenders, the notion of “doing justice,” and the role of African American cultural vernacular in mystery fiction. A final section focuses on readers and reading, examining African American mystery writers’ access to the marketplace and the issue of the “double audience” raised by earlier writers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
African American Mystery Writers by Frankie Y. Bailey is 277 pages long, and a total of 71,189 words.
This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 29 minutes to read African American Mystery Writers aloud.
African American Mystery Writers is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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