How Long to Read My Soul Is a Witness

How Long Does it Take to Read My Soul Is a Witness?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 16 minutes to read My Soul Is a Witness by Mari N. Crabtree

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

Description

An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its trauma Mari N. Crabtree traces the long afterlife of lynching in the South through the traumatic memories it left in its wake. She unearths how African American victims and survivors found ways to live through and beyond the horrors of lynching, offering a theory of African American collective trauma and memory rooted in the ironic spirit of the blues sensibility--a spirit of misdirection and cunning that blends joy and pain. Black southerners often shielded their loved ones from the most painful memories of local lynchings with strategic silences but also told lynching stories about vengeful ghosts or a wrathful God or the deathbed confessions of a lyncher tormented by his past. They protested lynching and its legacies through art and activism, and they mourned those lost to a mob's fury. They infused a blues element into their lynching narratives to confront traumatic memories and keep the blues at bay, even if just for a spell. Telling their stories troubles the simplistic binary of resistance or submission that has tended to dominate narratives of Black life and reminds us that amid the utter devastation of lynching were glimmers of hope and an affirmation of life.

How long is My Soul Is a Witness?

My Soul Is a Witness by Mari N. Crabtree is 313 pages long, and a total of 79,189 words.

This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read My Soul Is a Witness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 12 minutes to read My Soul Is a Witness aloud.

What Reading Level is My Soul Is a Witness?

My Soul Is a Witness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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