How Long to Read Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet

How Long Does it Take to Read Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet by Dixie Salazar

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

Description

“Duality” is at the center of Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet, a striking collection of poems both intimate and grand. The poet, Dixie Salazar, has spent a lifetime forging her own identity out of two cultures: “On one side was my father’s world: Spanish speaking from las montañas. On the other side was my mother’s world: a deep Southern drawl wafting from the magnolia and chinaberry trees.” As her poems reveal, she is a product of both cultures but not completely at home in either one. In the two sections of the book—“Inside” and “Outside”—parallelism and symmetry interact with themes both public and private. Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet presents thirty-nine poems in free verse and traditional poetic forms, especially the sonnet and adaptations of the sonnet. The sonnet—usually consisting of the octet (eight lines) that sets up the main idea of the poem and the sestet (six lines) that resolves, answers or completes the poem—is a natural form for a poet whose identity is divided. Double sonnets and “double-linked sonnets doubled” reflect the duality the poet feels inside her skin. And the poems written to and for a “lost sister” reinforce the theme. Throughout this provocative book, Salazar navigates the alienation of her cultural in-between-ness. By the end, she appears to become more comfortable with her status of “outsider,” deciding that she doesn’t need to give in to pressures to pick a side or to accept others’ ideas of where her own “borders” begin or end.

How long is Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet?

Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet by Dixie Salazar is 121 pages long, and a total of 30,371 words.

This makes it 41% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 45 minutes to read Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet aloud.

What Reading Level is Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet?

Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet 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.

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

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