How Long to Read The Red Files

How Long Does it Take to Read The Red Files?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson

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

Description

This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations. Inspired by family and archival sources, Bird-Wilson assembles scraps of a history torn apart by colonial violence. The collection takes its name from the federal government's complex organizational structure of residential schools archives, which are divided into “black files" and “red files." In vignettes as clear as glass beads, her poems offer affection to generations of children whose presence within the historic record is ghostlike, anonymous and ephemeral. The collection also explores the larger political context driving the mechanisms that tore apart families and cultures, including the Sixties Scoop. It depicts moments of resistance, both personal and political, as well as official attempts at reconciliation: “I can hold in the palm of my right hand / all that I have left: one story-gift from an uncle, / a father's surname, treaty card, Cree accent echo, metal bits, grit— / and I will still have room to cock a fist." The Red Files concludes with a fierce hopefulness, embracing the various types of love that can begin to heal the traumas inflicted by a legacy of violence.

How long is The Red Files?

The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson 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 The Red Files Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read The Red Files aloud.

What Reading Level is The Red Files?

The Red Files is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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