How Long to Read Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being by Kevin Quashie

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

Description

In Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being, Kevin Quashie imagines a Black world in which one encounters Black being as it is rather than only as it exists in the shadow of anti-Black violence. As such, he makes a case for Black aliveness even in the face of the persistence of death in Black life and Black study. Centrally, Quashie theorizes aliveness through the aesthetics of poetry, reading poetic inhabitance in Black feminist literary texts by Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Toni Morrison, and Evie Shockley, among others, showing how their philosophical and creative thinking...

How long is Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being?

Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being by Kevin Quashie is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being aloud.

What Reading Level is Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being?

Black Aliveness, or A Poetics of Being 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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