How Long to Read Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez

How Long Does it Take to Read Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez by Amelia Díaz Ettinger

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Description

"Amelia Díaz Ettinger's book of poems, Speaking at a Time, is a gathering of poems about her father, her daughter, the town of Caguas, and the race track, among other things. These recollections pulse with energy, and they echo the poetry of Lorca and Neruda. This is a strong, first book."--PETER SEARS, Oregon Poet Laureate"In Speaking At A Time, Amelia Díaz Ettinger first celebrates growing up in 1960s Puerto Rico. She names what she loves-the island's tropical riches, the lives of those who loved her, the daily facts of working people. In forthright bi-lingual vernacular, the poems catalog her urban childhood and adolescence in Caguas--a physician's daughter thriving in a multi-cultural milieu. Evenings, she listened to her father and uncles reciting Hispanic poetry. On television, she heard Pales Matos and Nicolas Guillen. At school she learned to write her own poems. When she immigrated to the United States in 1974, and began her quest for an education, love, career, marriage, family, everything changed. In the 1990s, while raising her children far from any community of Puerto Rican writers or poets such as those Nuyoricans who publish their experiences in the United States, she realized that her immigrant quest had created great cultural and linguistic distance between herself and her children. So, the later poems develop conflicts between immigration and integration, between Anglo and Hispanic cultures, between alienation and community. To resolve those conflicts, the poet synthesizes cultures and languages, best symbolized by the book's bi-lingual presentation, while she continues to document and question what it means to be a Puerto Rican exile in Oregon. This is strong and honest work--filled with love and grief and eloquence. With these solo pages, she joins her distant contemporaries--Victor Hernandez Cruz, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Tato Laviera."--GEORGE VENN, Eastern Oregon University, General Editor, Oregon Literature Series

How long is Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez?

Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez by Amelia Díaz Ettinger is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.

This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez aloud.

What Reading Level is Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez?

Speaking at a Time; Hablando a la Vez 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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