How Long to Read Husbandry: Poems

How Long Does it Take to Read Husbandry: Poems?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Husbandry: Poems by Matthew Dickman

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

Description

An intimate, moving volume of poems on the anxieties and love of single fatherhood and domestic life. Guided by acclaimed poet Matthew Dickman’s signature "clarity and ability to engage" (David Kirby, New York Times), Husbandry is a love song from a father to his children. Written after a separation and during overwhelming single-fatherhood in the early days of COVID-19 lockdowns, Husbandry refuses romantic notions of parenting and embraces all its mess, anguish, humor, fear, boredom, and warmth. Dickman composes these poems entirely in vivid couplets that animate the various domestic pairs of broken-up parents, two sons, love and grief. He explores the terrain of his children’s dreams and nightmares, the almost primal fears that spill into his own, and the residual impacts of his parents’ failures. Threading his anxieties with bright moments of beauty and gratitude, the volume delights in seeing the world through the clear eyes of childhood and finds meaning in the domestic work—repetitive, exhausting, and sublime—of sustaining three lives. With tender, aching precision, Husbandry reveals the poet’s hunger to be a husband without ever being one, and his search for a father that ends with becoming one himself.

How long is Husbandry: Poems?

Husbandry: Poems by Matthew Dickman is 149 pages long, and a total of 38,591 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

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

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Husbandry: Poems aloud.

What Reading Level is Husbandry: Poems?

Husbandry: 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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