How Long to Read Bachelor's Buttons

How Long Does it Take to Read Bachelor's Buttons?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read Bachelor's Buttons by David Southward

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

Description

Every single page of David Southward's Bachelor's Buttons offers new insights and sensations that stimulate the mind while simultaneously sharpening one's sensory perceptions. The poet's skillfully-crafted and often witty verse on human subjects as disparate as Walt Whitman, Teena Marie, and the Earl of Sandwich, along with vistas as unique as the shoreline at Sanibel or the muddy banks of the Milwaukee River-plus a handful of love sonnets, ekphrastics, and considerable metrical whimsy-combine to make this collection a uniquely memorable read. -Marilyn L. Taylor, former Wisconsin Poet Laureate and author of Step on a Crack (Kelsay Books, 2016) The quiet poise of these appealing and, at times, mischievous poems is deceptive, for they can be fearless in their explorations of topics such as identity and gender, communicating a sense of darkness and danger lurking beneath each surface. In a wonderful poem about Wallace Stevens, the speaker observes: "an artist's gift is not compassion / for strangers, but compassion for one's own / more strange, profane, unmitigated self." These are poems by a poet committed to investigating, celebrating, and sharing just such a self. Bruce Bennett, Emeritus Professor of English, Wells College, author of Just Another Day in Just Our Town Poems: New And Selected, 2000-2016 Having read Apocrypha and loved its imaginative take on the life of Jesus and his companions, I turned to this, Southward's second book, anticipating the same kind of pleasure. And yes, the aesthetic, emotional and intellectual satisfactions are here and recognizable, as is the effortless craftsmanship. Perhaps the most moving and persuasive of all that Southward observes and recreates, however, is the inner world of the gay man and its tentative, almost rueful contacts with the straight world that surrounds him, in what, for me, are among the most tenderly empathetic poems I've read in a long time. Rhina P. Espaillat, author of And After All and The Field

How long is Bachelor's Buttons?

Bachelor's Buttons by David Southward is 102 pages long, and a total of 25,704 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bachelor's Buttons Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read Bachelor's Buttons aloud.

What Reading Level is Bachelor's Buttons?

Bachelor's Buttons is suitable for students ages 10 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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