It takes the average reader 7 hours and 38 minutes to read Hole in Our Soul by Martha Bayles
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From Queen Latifa to Count Basie, Madonna to Monk, Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music traces popular music back to its roots in jazz, blues, country, and gospel through the rise in rock 'n' roll and the emergence of heavy metal, punk, and rap. Yet despite the vigor and balance of these musical origins, Martha Bayles argues, something has gone seriously wrong, both with the sound of popular music and the sensibility it expresses. Bayles defends the tough, affirmative spirit of Afro-American music against the strain of artistic modernism she calls...
Hole in Our Soul by Martha Bayles is 453 pages long, and a total of 114,609 words.
This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 140% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 26 minutes to read Hole in Our Soul aloud.
Hole in Our Soul is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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