How Long to Read Be Holding

How Long Does it Take to Read Be Holding?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read Be Holding by Ross Gay

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

Description

Be Holding is a love song to legendary basketball player Julius Erving—known as Dr. J—who dominated courts in the 1970s and ‘80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia ‘76ers. But this book-length poem is more than just an ode to a magnificent athlete. Through a kind of lyric research, or lyric meditation, Ross Gay connects Dr. J’s famously impossible move from the 1980 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers to pick-up basketball and the flying Igbo and the Middle Passage, to photography and surveillance and state violence, to music and personal histories of flight and familial love. Be...

How long is Be Holding?

Be Holding by Ross Gay is 68 pages long, and a total of 17,544 words.

This makes it 23% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Be Holding Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read Be Holding aloud.

What Reading Level is Be Holding?

Be Holding is suitable for students ages 8 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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