How Long to Read Our Latest in Folktales

How Long Does it Take to Read Our Latest in Folktales?

It takes the average reader to read Our Latest in Folktales by Matthew Gwathmey

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Description

Poems of serious wordplay--an affirmation and celebration of the spectacles we make of our lives. On-stage in Matthew Gwathmey's debut collection are agitated 19th century horsemen, 80s comic book beetles, plaid-clad suburban grunge enthusiasts, Korean aunts turned traffic cops, Parisian mimes--in short, "a multitude of horns." Meanwhile, the "understories," the sub-spectacles of these poems, are the everyday trials and thrills of marriage and family, the search for meaningful love and friendship, and the palpable relief at being able to perform not as a primary character in the cultural narrative, but as a member of an elemental audience, as "water/ at the bottom of the wind." Working a hand-mixer in one hand and a spade in the other, Gwathmey writes formally accomplished, linguistically playful poems with deep roots. He couples an implicit understanding of the stories passed down to us as necessary blueprints, with an occasionally nihilistic (in the spirit of the modernists) and occasionally giddy (in the spirit of the New York School) pull toward embellishment and reinvention, making these folktales rhythmic, humorous, and full of unexpected turns. "Down out of the pilgrim wilderness of the shapeshifting, apocalyptic carnival midway of Parnassus, trailed by an entourage of troubadours, poet pro-wrestlers, lunatics, comic strip superheroes, brain scientists, cyberpyrotechnicats, emoticons, coders, and a covey of Acadian midwives spouting ancient spells, comes Matthew Gwathmey, twenty-first-century soothsayer...." --Lisa Russ Spaar "Our latest in poetry, Matthew Gwathmey's debut is a mishmash in the best sense, smushing superheroes, Mars colonies, psych wards, Radiohead, and a hundred other eclectic subjects into a blender for your poetry protein shake. Regardless of the reference, Gwathmey clicks words into place like Lego bricks, for precise, fun, colourful poems." --Jonathan Ball

How long is Our Latest in Folktales?

Our Latest in Folktales by Matthew Gwathmey is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

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How Long Does it Take to Read Our Latest in Folktales Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Our Latest in Folktales aloud.

What Reading Level is Our Latest in Folktales?

Our Latest in Folktales is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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