How Long to Read Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022

How Long Does it Take to Read Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 by Major Jackson

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

Description

One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2023 An exuberant collection of two decades of Major Jackson’s passionately intelligent poetry. A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of language in rapturous, sophisticated poems. Razzle Dazzle traces the evolution of Jackson’s transformative imagination and fierce music through five acclaimed volumes: his Cave Canem Poetry Prize–winning debut, Leaving Saturn (2002), which captures the spirit of resilience in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of the poet’s youth; Hoops (2006), which finds transcendence in the solemn marvels of ordinary lives; Holding Company (2010), which shifts away from narrative to explore the seductive force of art, literature, and music; Roll Deep (2015), which addresses human intimacy, war, and the spirit of aesthetic travel; and his vulnerable, philosophical latest, The Absurd Man (2020). The volume opens with over three dozen new poems that erupt into full-throated song in the face of indignity and invite us into a passionate experience of the world. Taken together, these two decades of writing offer a sustained portrait of a poet “bound up in the ecstatic,” whose buoyant lyricism confronts the social and political forces that would demean humanity. Equally attuned to sensuous connection, metaphysical inquiries, the natural world, and ever-changing urban landscapes, Jackson possesses a sensibility at once global and personal, driven by an enduring conviction in the possibilities of art and language to mark our lives with meaning. Whether addressing racial conflict and the ongoing struggle for human dignity in America, bearing witness to the plight of refugees, or grieving the contradictory nature of humankind, these dexterous poems proclaim the remarkable power of renewal, justice, and accountability.

How long is Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022?

Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 by Major Jackson is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 aloud.

What Reading Level is Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022?

Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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