How Long to Read Untying the Knot

How Long Does it Take to Read Untying the Knot?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 30 minutes to read Untying the Knot by Karen Paul Holmes

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

Description

Turning back toward the past, to reckon with and reclaim it, this book seeks to untangle memory. On its surface, Untying the Knot is about severance-about leaving the beloved behind and, likewise, getting left-but it is also a meditation on the sources of love and language. "It's a comfort / to imagine our rounded bones / becoming round bits of the globe / our spirits rising to orbit among spiral galaxies / joining those who completed the circle before us," writes Holmes, whose voice pushes readers forward into the unknown with confidence, precision, and empathy. -Dorianne Laux, author of The Book of Men and Facts About the Moon These poems are poems about the pains of a broken marriage. About half the people who have ever been married would be eligible to write on the subject, but very few, if any others, could do it with such grace, humor, self-awareness, and without a dollop of self-pity, as Karen Paul Holmes has in Untying the Knot. This is a courageous deeply human book. -Thomas Lux, author of Child Made of Sand and God Particles In Karen Paul Holmes's Untying the Knot, betrayal and sorrow are recontextualized into an acknowledgment of the transitory nature of relationships and the capacity to find joy through language. Indeed, in this work, one that dignifies a sadness so many feel, "a spark ignites the dry leaves" in lucid and radiant ways, creating poetry that not only enriches us, but possesses the potential to teach us ways to navigate and ultimately transcend the difficulties of divorce and the feelings of loss and grief such division engenders. -William Wright, series editor of The Southern Poetry Anthology, author of Night Field Anecdote and Bledsoe

How long is Untying the Knot?

Untying the Knot by Karen Paul Holmes is 88 pages long, and a total of 22,704 words.

This makes it 30% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Untying the Knot Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 4 minutes to read Untying the Knot aloud.

What Reading Level is Untying the Knot?

Untying the Knot 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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