How long does it take to read Out/Lines?
Underground Gay Graphics from Before Stonewall
Thomas Waugh
Out/Lines by Thomas Waugh takes about 5 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 300 pages, about 82,500 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Gay male sexuality has alwas been represented in contexts of widely diverging visibility and acceptance. The first two-thirds of the twentieth century witnessed intensifying waves of queer self-identification through erotic images and at the same time cycles of societal suppression. Out/Lines resurrects a heritage of explicit homoerotic illustrations, once buried and invisible to all but the clandestine communities who produced, circulated and treasured them. Here is a wealth of 200 previously unpublished "obscene" graphics from the pre-stonewall underground."
Subjects: Homosexuality in art, Gay erotic art, Gay men in art, Themes, motives, Gay artists, Erotic art
