How long does it take to read The Poetry Home Repair Manual?
Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
Ted Kooser
The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser takes about 3 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 166 pages, about 45,650 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Contains advice from United States poet laureate Ted Kooser on the art of writing poetry with insights and tools to help writing, revising, and practicing.
Subjects: Authorship, Poetry, Poetry, authorship
