It takes the average reader and 23 minutes to read The Face by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In this beautiful, boisterous account, by turns soul-searching and erotic, acclaimed Chicano and Native-American poet Jimmy Santiago Baca reveals the story of his life as told through his face. An orphan, a runaway, and an inmate in a maximum-security prison before he became a world-renowned writer, Baca’s life has been touched with rapture and despair. “In my eagerness to thrust forth and excel in life,” Baca writes, “I found fame in all the wrong places.” Presented by Restless Books as part of a series of essays featuring some of the world’s most distinctive voices, this installment of The...
The Face by Jimmy Santiago Baca is 23 pages long, and a total of 5,819 words.
This makes it 8% the length of the average book. It also has 7% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 31 minutes to read The Face aloud.
The Face is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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