How Long to Read Paterson Light and Shadow

How Long Does it Take to Read Paterson Light and Shadow?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 32 minutes to read Paterson Light and Shadow by Maria Mazziotti Gillan

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

Description

Paterson Light and Shadow tells the stories in poetry and photography of Paterson, New Jersey, from one of the most gifted poets, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and fine art photographer Mark Hillringhouse, who together have spent a lifetime living, growing up and working in and around one of America's most important historic industrial cities. In her signature style, Gillan combines sublime moments with gritty detail when she writes about growing up as a working class Italian immigrant as in the lines from the poem In the Still Photograph, Paterson, New Jersey, Circa 1950 "The rough feel of a washcloth / and Lifebuoy soap against my face, / the stiff, starched feel of my blouse, / the streets of Paterson, old and cracked, / the houses leaning together / like crooked teeth..." Hillringhouse's award-winning black and white Paterson photographs accompany each poem and resonate with the mood and feeling of Gillan's writing in crushed velvety blacks and grayscale tones that evoke the moods of this city's past and its urban decay. This collection contains over thirty poems and thirty photographs that together explore the hallowed precincts of this once great industrial city, envisioned by Alexander Hamilton as the birthplace of manufacturing in a new nation, a city now home to countless immigrants who still struggle to work and to build lives and survive.

How long is Paterson Light and Shadow?

Paterson Light and Shadow by Maria Mazziotti Gillan is 92 pages long, and a total of 23,184 words.

This makes it 31% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Paterson Light and Shadow Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 6 minutes to read Paterson Light and Shadow aloud.

What Reading Level is Paterson Light and Shadow?

Paterson Light and Shadow 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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