How long does it take to read Gemini?
an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet.
Gemini by Nikki Giovanni takes about 2 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1971. 149 pages, about 40,975 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Biography, American Poets, African American poets, African American women poets, Race relations
