It takes the average reader 1 hour and 21 minutes to read The View We're Granted by Peter Filkins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
These poems consider large events, such as 9/11 and the Holocaust, as well as everyday concerns like quilting, ice skating, or the beauty of a stand of sugar maples in winter. Co-Winner of the Sheila Motton Book Award of the New England Poetry Club In the pivotal poem “Marking Time,” which appears almost exactly halfway through Peter Filkins’s fourth collection of poetry, the speaker reflects on the death of a sibling and how time is marked by our memories. These memories, these moments—whether spent contemplating a painting by Vermeer or the simple toss of a bean bag—ultimately shape who we...
The View We're Granted by Peter Filkins is 81 pages long, and a total of 20,331 words.
This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 51 minutes to read The View We're Granted aloud.
The View We're Granted is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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