It takes the average reader 1 hour and 3 minutes to read Blackbird, Bye Bye by Moniza Alvi
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Moniza Alvi's new book is unified by birds. Her creations 'Motherbird' and 'Fatherbird' are inspired by her parents, the idea of her father's immigration, and also by the loss of her Pakistani father. Among the many bird-related poems are versions of the French poets Jules Supervielle and Saint-John Perse, and poems 'after' the paintings of the Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist Remedios Varo. Blackbird, Bye Bye is Moniza Alvi's first new poetry book since her T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted collection At the Time of Partition, published in 2013.
Blackbird, Bye Bye by Moniza Alvi is 63 pages long, and a total of 15,939 words.
This makes it 21% the length of the average book. It also has 19% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 27 minutes to read Blackbird, Bye Bye aloud.
Blackbird, Bye Bye is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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