Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 audiobook runs 14.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Sadzin (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Sadzin
David Sadzin narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 946 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
670 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 is an audiobook by John Edgar Wideman: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Sadzin, released November 18, 2025, on the Social Science and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Sadzin
- Released
- November 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Essays & Anthologies, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781668101629
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 audiobook?
Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 audiobook free?
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Who narrates Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025?
Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 is narrated by David Sadzin.
Is Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.