On Witness and Respair: Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Witness and Respair: Essays audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jesmyn Ward (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 31 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,471 Social Science 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
On Witness and Respair: Essays is an audiobook by Jesmyn Ward: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesmyn Ward, released May 19, 2026, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesmyn Ward
- Released
- May 19, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781668111833
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On Witness and Respair: Essays audiobook?
On Witness and Respair: Essays runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the On Witness and Respair: Essays audiobook free?
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Who narrates On Witness and Respair: Essays?
On Witness and Respair: Essays is narrated by Jesmyn Ward.