It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems by Dorianne Laux
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Finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry “Clear, compelling and insightful.” —Washington Post Earthy and lyrical, Only as the Day Is Long draws from Dorianne Laux’s five expansive, award-winning volumes and includes twenty new odes that pay homage to the poet’s mother. Exploring experiences of survival and healing, of sexual love and celebration, Only as the Day Is Long represents a bold and brilliant body of work from a “poet of immense insight and masterful craft” (Kwame Dawes).
Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems by Dorianne Laux is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.
This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems aloud.
Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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