Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life audiobook runs 15.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
264 Essays & Anthologies 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
Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released September 20, 2016, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- September 20, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780062571878
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life audiobook?
Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is the Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life?
Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.