How Long to Read I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir

How Long Does it Take to Read I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 9 minutes to read I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir by Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore

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

Description

I COLLECT MY EYES?A MEMOIR by mother and daughter Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore and Lyah Beth LeFlore, are stories spawned from conversations the two had during the final year of Shirley's life before she passed away in 2019. Shirley was a professor, poet, and performing artist, a key architect of the Black Arts movement in the 1960s, and St. Louis Poet Laureate Emeritus. Lyah, a noted television and film producer, and critically-acclaimed National Bestseller, provides an intimate history of her mother and her career; tracing her ancestors' extraordinary experiences as a midwestern African American family, entrenched in southern roots and their strong faith; from slavery to civil rights, including their triumphs and tragedies. For Shirley, the horrific murder of her father, and her own near death, on January 6, 1946, at the hands of her uncle, would forever plague her life and artistry. It would also shape her to become the prolific poet she became. Lyah also reveals what it was like to grow up with a mother of such tremendous renown while creatively following in her mother's footsteps, her unexpected return home, and the mental and emotional toll of caregiving. The story beautifully weaves in the tight knit relationship Shirley had with all three of her daughters, and delves into the intimacy Lyah shares with her sisters, as each comes to terms with the eminent death of their matriarch. I COLLECT MY EYES?A MEMOIR also includes Shirley's private writings from profound journal entries and unreleased poetry, discovered by her daughter post-death; revealing secrets, confessions, childhood reflections, and lost love notes exchanged with her two former husbands, and a short-lived love affair after her second marriage ended. I COLLECT MY EYES is a moving collection filled with memoristic text, poems, ephemera, photographs and stories that are both sweet and harrowing. In Shirley's own words: "I COLLECT MY EYES from in between the legs of my ancestors / My soul my spirit my flesh, blood, and bones is made whole /Created from the mouth of Africa/That kissed the womb of Native America."

How long is I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir?

I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir by Shirley Bradley Price LeFlore is 245 pages long, and a total of 62,475 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir aloud.

What Reading Level is I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir?

I Collect My Eyes . . . a Memoir is suitable for students ages 12 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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