How long does it take to read The Hill We Climb?
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2021. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for young adults.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021 inauguration. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, Inaugurations, Inauguration Day, Young adult non-fiction, American
