How Long to Read Mouths Open to Name Her

How Long Does it Take to Read Mouths Open to Name Her?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read Mouths Open to Name Her by Katie Bickham

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

Description

Mouths Open to Name Her, Katie Bickham’s dazzling new collection, resounds with the intensity of new motherhood and confronts the relationship between mothers and their children, as she explores what it means to carry a child, even one conceived by rape or “a child born from no place, from the flame of her forgetting, / bracket of blank pages. The boy, too, was destined to forget— / a bird from no tree branch, fish from no river, sword from no forge.” Moving from the mid-1800s to 2017, these finely wrought poems grapple with how war, violence, and enslavement can disrupt our innocence. Bickham emphasizes the power of creation in spite of this: “Just picture them all,” she writes, “350,000 babies, together at once, / a city’s worth of them in a row or a circle or wrapped / in an acres-wide blanket, an army of innocence yawning / their first breaths over the globe, and the promise / that it will all happen again, just like this, just as imperfectly, / no matter what, / tomorrow.” Mouths Open to Name Her calls forth a global sisterhood that extends from Charleston, South Carolina, and Shreveport, Louisiana, to Nice, France; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Serengeti District, Tanzania.

How long is Mouths Open to Name Her?

Mouths Open to Name Her by Katie Bickham 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 Mouths Open to Name Her Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read Mouths Open to Name Her aloud.

What Reading Level is Mouths Open to Name Her?

Mouths Open to Name Her 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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Where Can I Buy Mouths Open to Name Her?

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