How Long to Read City

How Long Does it Take to Read City?

It takes the average reader to read City by Michael Boughn

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Description

Poetry. Taking as its instigation Charles Olson's "Poem 143--the Festival Aspect," Michael Boughn's CITY attempts to navigate the visionary registers that animate the city and its moods. A long poem in three books, each book is set up to explore a different dimension of the city. Combining observations and commentary on current affairs with references to and considerations of traditional texts by Dante, Augustine, Fra Carnevale, Weber, Bachelard, Whitehead, Benjamin, Agamben, and a host of others, CITY weaves multiple threads together into a tapestry of urban experience that is always both here and beyond. BOOK I: SINGULAR ASSUMPTIONS moves through the depths of the city's incarnation, mapping the often obstinate resistance to any further amplification of the city's possibilities that jams it up like rush hour on the 401. Boughn is well known for his subtle and intelligent writing, and readers familiar with his prolific career will find new and exciting perspectives in and on the city. "SINGULAR ASSUMPTIONS (CITY BOOK 1) takes a bite out of the holism apple to spit that dapple, and sows articulations of wiggle in the densest gridlocks of rigid city posturing. Within monoculture's manifest of maintained malnourishment Boughn sings for the potentials of life's flourish with soaring ripostes, the bittersweet paradox of rigour for jazz, and a congenial shrugging cheers of 'Here we go again.' This book is a friend, friend."--David Peter Clark "Mike Boughn speaks as a combatant, always, when the other side is too dumb or busy to recognize the fact that there is war between every line written in submission to spectacular waves emanating from the next MLA convention that would bootstrap errant pilgrims into 'gravy free enterprise / of incarnate logos saturated // dispensation's spiritualized / saving accounts,' where hips are checked by each patrolling iambic foot if they aren't still. Take care, this book is signed by a barbarian: he has a history of being overlooked, say sources."--Oliver Cusimano "Michael Boughn's CITY is not about his hometown gridlock; although it might contain veiled references to a crackhead boozehound chief magistrate, it's more explicit in its celebration of the urban as a pumping heart with architecture."--Victor Coleman

How long is City?

City by Michael Boughn is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read City Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read City aloud.

What Reading Level is City?

City is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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