How Long to Read Earthling: Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Earthling: Poems?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read Earthling: Poems by James Longenbach

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

Description

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Earthling confronts our deepest fears in clear and haunting language, from "a poet of extraordinary gifts" (American Academy of Arts and Letters). "Earthling" is one of the oldest words in the English language, our original word for ploughman, a keeper of the earth. In poems simultaneously ordinary and otherworldly, James Longenbach traces the life of a modern-day earthling as he looks squarely at his little patch of earth and at the vast emptiness of interstellar space. Beginning with the death of the earthling’s mother and ending with a...

How long is Earthling: Poems?

Earthling: Poems by James Longenbach is 80 pages long, and a total of 20,000 words.

This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Earthling: Poems Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read Earthling: Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Earthling: Poems?

Earthling: Poems 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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