A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Janina Edwards (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Janina Edwards
Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Poetry shelf
43 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks is an audiobook by Angela Jackson: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, released May 30, 2017, on the Poetry and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janina Edwards
- Released
- May 30, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry, Women
- ISBN
- 9780807091203
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks as an audiobook?
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks?
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks is narrated by Janina Edwards.