How Long to Read What Bends Us Blue

How Long Does it Take to Read What Bends Us Blue?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 8 minutes to read What Bends Us Blue by Tom Lombardo

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

Description

Mixing wry humor and heartbreaking lyricism, the poems of Tom Lombardo's WHAT BENDS US BLUE make beauty out of sadness, and joy out of pain. "WHAT BENDS US BLUE is a remarkable book: part elegy (for the human and the world), part wild praise (ditto for the human and the world), part funny, tough defiance of the inevitable, and ALL memorable, all acetylene torches, all caresses." -Thomas Lux "Tom Lombardo gives us the wet torn pieces of life, fractures in the family, a marriage 'packed in ice.' In lines that bring myth and pop culture together in a bubbling of language, we feel ourselves entering 'tomorrow's kind of love.'" -Kate Gale "The opening poem of Tom Lombardo's WHAT BENDS US BLUE compares the drop of a harmonica player's jaw at a bluesy moment of resolution to that of a 'skydiver stepping off WHA....' This tight, vivid metaphor could also describe the way Lombardo plummets his reader into and through this startlingly original collection. These poems, one by one, plunge the reader through spheres of divergent emotions-from hilarity and satire and irony to the heartbreaking depths of passion and despair. And there is no subject this poet lacks the courage to dive into: the untimely death of a cherished first wife; the poet's own 'little heart attack'; a Sicilian grandmother's urgent culinary need for sanguine noce; the fantastical invention of a snowsuit that would allow skiers of the female persuasion, along with their male counterparts, to remain standing while urinating; the possible catastrophe of global warming; and even a husband's insightful-and cautiously respectful-take on the phenomenon of PMS. These are poems of both head and heart, deeply lived, fully confronted, and brilliantly crafted. Poems that chronicle a life that even after the most devastating losses and imminent dangers will, with steadfast hope, 'rise again...and drink a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau.' Here's to Tom Lombardo and this exquisite first collection." -Cathy Smith Bowers

How long is What Bends Us Blue?

What Bends Us Blue by Tom Lombardo is 67 pages long, and a total of 17,219 words.

This makes it 23% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read What Bends Us Blue Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 34 minutes to read What Bends Us Blue aloud.

What Reading Level is What Bends Us Blue?

What Bends Us Blue is suitable for students ages 8 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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